Patents by Inventor Brian Alan Gilkison

Brian Alan Gilkison 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).

  • Static plate heating arrangement
    Patent number: 11649057
    Abstract: A static plate heating arrangement includes a faceplate including a port extending from an exterior surface of the faceplate to an interior surface of the faceplate, a fixed resistance heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the port, and a self-regulating heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the fixed resistance heater. The fixed resistance heater and the self-regulating heater are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Allan Hoffmann, William B. Krueger, Brian Alan Gilkison, Robert J. Johnson
  • Thermal management system for air data sensor module
    Patent number: 11486785
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a sensor module is disclosed that includes a housing enclosing the sensor module and having a bottom wall with a reception port formed therein, and a thermal isolation puck installed within the reception port formed in the bottom wall of the housing for reducing the rate at which thermal energy from a heater located within an adjacent flush static plate is lost to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Alan Gilkison, Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Hoffmann
  • STATIC PLATE HEATING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210179277
    Abstract: A static plate heating arrangement includes a faceplate including a port extending from an exterior surface of the faceplate to an interior surface of the faceplate, a fixed resistance heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the port, and a self-regulating heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the fixed resistance heater. The fixed resistance heater and the self-regulating heater are electrically connected in series.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Allan Hoffmann, William B. Krueger, Brian Alan Gilkison, Robert J. Johnson
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AIR DATA SENSOR MODULE
    Publication number: 20200309630
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a sensor module is disclosed that includes a housing enclosing the sensor module and having a bottom wall with a reception port formed therein, and a thermal isolation puck installed within the reception port formed in the bottom wall of the housing for reducing the rate at which thermal energy from a heater located within an adjacent flush static plate is lost to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Alan Gilkison, Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Hoffmann