Patents by Inventor Bob Thornton

Bob Thornton 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).

  • ROTORCRAFT FALL RESTRAINT PROTECTION ATTACH POINTS AND MECHANISM SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210393999
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • Rotorcraft fall restraint protection attach points and mechanism systems
    Patent number: 11130009
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • ROTORCRAFT FALL RESTRAINT PROTECTION ATTACH POINTS AND MECHANISM SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20180126199
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • Aircraft Maintenance Feedback System
    Publication number: 20160342920
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, an aircraft maintenance feedback system includes a technical publication system, a maintenance analysis engine, and an operator feedback system. The maintenance analysis engine is configured to receive, from each of a plurality of aircraft maintainers, feedback information associated with how each of the aircraft maintainers performed an aircraft maintenance action using the provided instructions and to determine, based on the feedback information received, whether a maintenance concern reflected by the feedback information received from each of the plurality of aircraft maintainers is potentially common to many of the plurality of aircraft maintainers or is limited to a specific one or more of the plurality of aircraft maintainers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Brian Tucker, Charles Eric Covington, David Platz, Bob Thornton, Amberly Ziegenhorn