This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: United Technologies Corporation. Active years: 1992.
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Company Filing History:
Years Active: 1992
Title: Robert L. Folts and Composite Molding Innovation.
Introduction
Robert L. Folts is an inventor associated with St. Charles, Missouri, and United Technologies Corporation. His patent work addresses the molding of hollow composite articles with internal webs.
Latest Patents
The available information identifies one patent for Folts: “Apparatus for Molding Hollow Composite Articles Having Internal Webs.” The invention describes a mandrel assembly with slidable sidewall members, an inflatable pressure membrane, and internal actuators that move the sidewalls laterally. Adjacent mandrel assemblies position the article’s internal webs, while the membranes compact the web laminates. The expandable sidewalls also help prevent the pressure membrane from bridging or tearing as inner corner radii are formed. Folts is credited with 1 patent.
Career Highlights
Folts’s documented patent contribution focuses on improving the positioning and compaction of composite laminates during molding. The apparatus combines mechanical support and inflatable pressure to address challenges in forming hollow structures with internal webs.
Collaborations
The supplied information lists Richard Joseph Simkulak and Terry M. Boustead as Folts’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborative projects.
Conclusion
Robert L. Folts’s recorded invention presents a specialized approach to molding hollow composite articles, using expandable mandrel components to support accurate web placement and laminate compaction.
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