Patents by Inventor Alan R. Goodworth

Alan R. Goodworth 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).

  • Crash energy attenuation system for a transmission support in a vertical lift aircraft
    Patent number: 10669004
    Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft includes an airframe having a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular relative to the transverse axis. A transmission and rotor support platform is arranged in the airframe. A transmission is supported by the transmission and rotor support platform. An energy attenuation system mechanically links the transmission and rotor support platform with the airframe. The energy attenuation system includes a first plurality of collapsible support members selectively facilitating rotation of the transmission and rotor support platform about the transverse axis and a second plurality of collapsible support members, the first and second pluralities of support members selectively facilitating translation of the transmission and rotor support platform along an axis that is substantially parallel to the rotor axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alan R. Goodworth
  • CRASH ENERGY ATTENUATION SYSTEM FOR A TRANSMISSION SUPPORT IN A VERTICAL LIFT AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20180281918
    Abstract: A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft includes an airframe having a transverse axis and a longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular relative to the transverse axis. A transmission and rotor support platform is arranged in the airframe. A transmission is supported by the transmission and rotor support platform. An energy attenuation system mechanically links the transmission and rotor support platform with the airframe. The energy attenuation system includes a first plurality of collapsible support members selectively facilitating rotation of the transmission and rotor support platform about the transverse axis and a second plurality of collapsible support members, the first and second pluralities of support members selectively facilitating translation of the transmission and rotor support platform along an axis that is substantially parallel to the rotor axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Alan R. Goodworth
  • Non-ceramic structural panel with ballistic protection
    Patent number: 9321238
    Abstract: An armor panel includes a multiple of pins which penetrate a first skin, a high molecular weight polyethylene fiber composite material layer and a second skin which integrates ballistic protection into load bearing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Connie E. Bird, Alan R. Goodworth, Thomas A. Carstensen, Gary Hamilton
  • NON-CERAMIC STRUCTURAL PANEL WITH BALLISTIC PROTECTION
    Publication number: 20130055881
    Abstract: An armor panel includes a multiple of pins which penetrate a first skin, a high molecular weight polyethylene fiber composite material layer and a second skin which integrates ballistic protection into load bearing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Inventors: Connie E. Bird, Alan R. Goodworth, Thomas A. Carstensen, Gary Hamilton
  • Method of forming panels using an in-situ tape placement process and panels formed therefrom
    Patent number: 8043458
    Abstract: A composite panel and method of manufacture includes a support structure and a tape skin wound about the support structure. A mandrel assembly with extractable longitudinal mandrels facilitates winding of the tape skin onto the support structure. The composite panel is suitable for use in an aircraft floor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Alan R. Goodworth, James A. Anthony, William V. Forster
  • METHOD OF FORMING PANELS USING AN IN-SITU TAPE PLACEMENT PROCESS AND PANELS FORMED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20100266820
    Abstract: A composite panel and method of manufacture includes a support structure and a tape skin wound about the support structure. A mandrel assembly with extractable longitudinal mandrels facilitates winding of the tape skin onto the support structure. The composite panel is suitable for use in an aircraft floor system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Alan R. Goodworth, James A. Anthony, William V. Forster