Patents by Inventor William Ralph Taylor

William Ralph Taylor 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).

  • High speed composite layup via multiple machines
    Patent number: 10710318
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for laying up laminates. One embodiment is a method that includes laying up a multi-layer laminate of fiber reinforced material onto a surface, by: feeding a tape of fiber reinforced material to tape cutters which cut the tape into pieces, picking up pieces of the fiber reinforced material via pick-and-place devices at each of multiple lamination units that are in sequence in a direction of travel, and placing the pieces of fiber reinforced material via the pick-and-place devices to form a laminate as the surface and the lamination units change position with respect to each other and multiple pieces are laid-up concurrently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Stone, William Ralph Taylor
  • HIGH SPEED COMPOSITE LAYUP VIA MULTIPLE MACHINES
    Publication number: 20180339469
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for laying up laminates. One embodiment is a method that includes laying up a multi-layer laminate of fiber reinforced material onto a surface, by: feeding a tape of fiber reinforced material to tape cutters which cut the tape into pieces, picking up pieces of the fiber reinforced material via pick-and-place devices at each of multiple lamination units that are in sequence in a direction of travel, and placing the pieces of fiber reinforced material via the pick-and-place devices to form a laminate as the surface and the lamination units change position with respect to each other and multiple pieces are laid-up concurrently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul R. Stone, William Ralph Taylor