Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Ulster
Title or brief description
Method for forming a sector for a nacelle lip skin
Type
F - Patent/published patent application
Patent registration number
2 328 698 B1
Year
2009
URL
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Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
This unique manufacturing process enables the previously impossible commercially viable production of laminar flow inlet cowls. The initial patent was filed in July 2008 and through Invest NI funding, totalling over £230K, demonstrated to MRL4 with patents subsequently granted in over 30 countries in 2012. GKN are currently using the patented process in a Response For Information request (rob.sharman@gknaerospace.com). The prototype system was demonstrated at the 2011 Paris Air Show and also resulted in a winning team entry for the 2010 Northern Ireland Science Park 25K award and All Island Seedcorn funding for a University Spin out from InterTradeIreland. (geoffrey.goligher@investni.com)
Interdisciplinary
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
C - Structural Materials
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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