Patents by Inventor William Christopher Butler

William Christopher Butler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Flash control metal bonding
    Patent number: 9403350
    Abstract: A bonding method includes vacuum bagging a second metal plate atop a first metal plate, with a thermosetting adhesive in a lap joint therebetween covered in turn by a porous peel ply and a porous breather ply; the plates being initially clamped together by applying vacuum through the breather ply; and thermally curing the adhesive, with the breather and peel plies being preselected to capture adhesive seepage from the lap joint and removed with the plies to correspondingly reduce cured adhesive flash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: The NORDAM Group, INC.
    Inventors: Roy Jefferson Reese, Jr., William Christopher Butler
  • FLASH CONTROL METAL BONDING
    Publication number: 20150165742
    Abstract: A bonding method includes vacuum bagging a second metal plate atop a first metal plate, with a thermosetting adhesive in a lap joint therebetween covered in turn by a porous peel ply and a porous breather ply; the plates being initially clamped together by applying vacuum through the breather ply; and thermally curing the adhesive, with the breather and peel plies being preselected to capture adhesive seepage from the lap joint and removed with the plies to correspondingly reduce cured adhesive flash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Roy Jefferson Reese, JR., William Christopher Butler