Foster-miller, Inc.

Aztex, Inc.

Thomas M Fusco

Glenn A Freitas

John J Harris

Thomas G Campbell

Constance Lee Magee

Eric J Blaney

Sara E Rosenberg

Joseph S Boyce

Edward Kunkel

Eric Blaney

David Rich

A method of making a perforated laminate wherein a pliable perforation device having plurality of holes and plurality of perforation pins in the holes is assembled on a laminate; the pins are driven through the uncured laminate to perforate the laminate; the laminate is then staged or cured with pins in place; and the pins are then removed from the cured laminate and pushed back into the perforation device for reuse thereof.

Method of manufacturing a perforated laminate

An improved stiffener reinforced assembly and method. There is a skin member and a stiffener member including a web portion, a flange portion, and a radius region interconnecting the web portion and the flange portion. The flange portion resides on the skin member. A plurality of reinforcing pins are disposed through the radius region of the stiffener member and into the skin member to secure the stiffener member to the skin member.

Stiffener reinforced assembly and method of manufacturing same

An ultrasonic fastening system wherein an ultrasonic transducer is used to insert a plurality of fasteners supported by a compressible member into two components to be joined or a single composite part to be reinforced.

Ultrasonic fastening system and method

A method of and system for inserting reinforcing pins in a composite structure in which a number of reinforcing pins are inserted in a compressible material; the compressible material/pin combination is assembled on the composite structure; ultrasonic energy is applied to the pins; and pressure is applied simultaneously with the application of ultrasonic energy to compress the compressible material and insert the pins into the composite structure to join two laminates or reinforce a single composite structure.

Method and system for inserting reinforcing elements in a composite

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Thomas M Fusco