Patents by Inventor Christopher Howe

Christopher Howe 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).

  • Patent number: 11964441
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to vehicles, composite parts, and methods for forming a composite part for a vehicle. In one example, a vehicle comprises a composite part comprising a skin comprising one or more material layers. The composite part further comprises a stiffener comprising one or more material layers, wherein the stiffener comprises a flange and a web. The composite part also includes an additively manufactured sub-structure positioned between at least a portion of the skin and at least a portion of the stiffener. The additively manufactured sub-structure comprises at least one flange portion, at least one radius, and at least one radius filler. A polymer matrix is co-infused within the skin, the stiffener, and the additively manufactured sub-structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Paul David Evans, Stuart Bateman, Martin Leary
  • Patent number: 11938295
    Abstract: Ingestible devices can directly deliver therapeutic agents to desired tissue(s) of the GI tract of a subject, such as the submucosa, the mucosa, and/or the mucus layer of the GI tract, and methods of using the same. The ingestible devices can deliver therapeutic agents in a safe, effective, and reliable manner. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions for use in methods of treating a disease or condition in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Biora Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Shimizu, Mitchell Lawrence Jones, Mark Sasha Drlik, Iman Niknia, Nathan John Muller, Tuyen Nguyen, Christopher Loren Wahl, Edward Mudge, Nicholas Mark Salt, Nia Eleri Stevens, Stuart Robert Abercrombie, Christopher Ian Bunce, Ryan Elliott Jones, Kevin Howe, Pejman Rahimian, Nelson Quintana
  • Publication number: 20240090721
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Steven Paul CARTER, Adam Udy, Catriona A. Sutter, Christopher Pinches, David S. Clare, Andre David Brown, John Freese, Patrick Cleary, Alexander J. Calvino, Lee Cottrell, Daniel Meyer, Daniel John Innes, David Jalbert, Jason B. Thorne, Peter Hutchinson, Gordon Howes, Wenxiu Gao, David Wu, David W. Poirier, Daniel R. Der Marderosian
  • Patent number: 11925993
    Abstract: An accessory for an oscillating power tool includes an attachment portion configured to be coupled to an oscillating power tool and a working portion coupled to the attachment portion and extending generally along a longitudinal axis. The working portion has a generally planar wedge shape bounded at least partially by a rear non-cutting end with a first width, a front cutting edge opposite the rear edge with a second width that is greater than the first width, a first side cutting edge extending from a first end of the rear end to a first end of the front cutting edge at a first angle to the longitudinal axis, and a second side cutting edge opposite the first side cutting edge and extending from a second end of the rear end to a second end of the front cutting edge at a second angle to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BLACK & DECKER INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Reist, Matthew Christopher Green, Matthew Savarino, Kevin M. Howe
  • Publication number: 20240072262
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an electrochemical cell may include a vessel, at least two instances of an anode assembly, at least two instances of an oxygen evolution electrode (OEE), and a gas diffusion electrode (GDE). In the vessel, the GDE may be disposed between mirrored arrangements of the at least two instances of the OEE and the at least two instances of the anode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Angel Ruben RIVERA, Kalina Chia-Shi YANG, Katherine SPRIGGS, Adrianna RODRIQUEZ, Madeline Elliott PARKER, Ryan HOWE, Nicholas MCKIBBEN, Grant Harrison FRIESEN, Jarrod David MILSHTEIN, Jhalak Joshipura VASAVADA, Robert Wesley MORGAN, Erica Skye TRAINI, Christopher Evan WOOD, Meghan Marya PATRICK, Matthew DINITTO
  • Patent number: 11826965
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for fabricating a composite structure by forming, via additive manufacturing, a solid-phase component; positioning the solid-phase component and a reinforcement into a mold cavity; and consolidating, in the mold cavity, the solid-phase component, the reinforcement, and a liquid-phase component to form the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Angelo Koucoulis, Stuart Bateman
  • Publication number: 20220398681
    Abstract: A system for sending topic-specific digital messages from professionals to their clients with information that is more relevant and applicable to the needs of the recipients based upon prior interactions with the professional.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Howe, Samantha Howe
  • Publication number: 20220388255
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for fabricating a composite structure by forming, via additive manufacturing, a solid-phase component; positioning the solid-phase component and a reinforcement into a mold cavity; and consolidating, in the mold cavity, the solid-phase component, the reinforcement, and a liquid-phase component to form the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Angelo Koucoulis, Stuart Bateman
  • Publication number: 20220242061
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed herein that relate to vehicles, composite parts, and methods for forming a composite part for a vehicle. In one example, a vehicle comprises a composite part comprising a skin comprising one or more material layers. The composite part further comprises a stiffener comprising one or more material layers, wherein the stiffener comprises a flange and a web. The composite part also includes an additively manufactured sub-structure positioned between at least a portion of the skin and at least a portion of the stiffener. The additively manufactured sub-structure comprises at least one flange portion, at least one radius, and at least one radius filler. A polymer matrix is co-infused within the skin, the stiffener, and the additively manufactured sub-structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Paul David Evans, Stuart Bateman, Martin Leary
  • Patent number: 11400661
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes providing a preform on a tool mandrel, positioning sensors around the preform according to a target shape of the composite part, and sealing the preform with a vacuum bag to form a chamber. The method also includes applying temperature and pressure to the chamber to infuse a resin into the preform to create a composite preform undergoing infusion, monitoring a thickness of the composite preform prior to completing cure, and adjusting at least one of the temperature and the pressure prior to completing cure based on the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samuel James Meure, Ian Cuckson, Jessica Claire Orr, Christopher Howe
  • Publication number: 20220088891
    Abstract: A composite structure includes a number of fiber layers. Each fiber layer of the number of fiber layers includes a fiber bundle and a filament layer at least partially covering the fiber bundle. The filament layer includes discontinuous filaments. The discontinuous filaments include at least one of different length filaments, including first length filaments and second length filaments. The first length filaments include a first length and the second length filaments include a second length. The first length is different than the second length. The discontinuous filaments include at least one of different type filaments, including first type filaments and second type filaments. The first type filaments include a first material composition. The second type filaments include a second material composition. The first material composition is different than the second material composition. The composite structure includes a resin binding the number of fiber layers together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sam Meure, Christopher A. Howe, Mark S. Wilenski
  • Patent number: 11260606
    Abstract: A composite structure is fabricated by laying up at least one ply of fiber reinforcement and at least one layer of resin on a tool. The resin film layer is formed by laying strips of resin film. The fiber reinforcement is infused with resin from the resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael D. Silcock, Christopher A. Howe, Brice A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11220068
    Abstract: A filament network for a composite structure may include a number of fiber layers, wherein each fiber layer includes a fiber bundle and a filament layer at least partially covering the fiber bundle, the filament layer including discontinuous filaments including at least one of different length filaments including first length filaments and second length filaments, wherein the first length filaments include a first length and the second length filaments include a second length, and wherein the first length is different than the second length and different type filaments including first type filaments and second type filaments, wherein the first type filaments include a first material composition, wherein the second type filaments include a second material composition, and wherein the first material composition is different that the second material composition, and a resin binding the number of fiber layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sam Meure, Christopher A. Howe, Mark S. Wilenski
  • Patent number: 11203404
    Abstract: A composite article including a plurality of layers each comprising bundles of fibers separated by spaces; pins bonded to a side of at least one of bundles and extending or built through the spaces between the layers; and a resin combined with the layers and the pin. The pins form a physical barrier preventing or reducing propagation of cracks in an x-y plane of the composite article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher A. Howe, Kariza Martin, Michelle Louise Gee, Adrian Mouritz
  • Publication number: 20210387382
    Abstract: A method for curing a composite including a thermoset resin, a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic additive, the thermoplastic additive having a melt onset temperature, the method including heating the composite to increase a resin temperature of the thermoset resin and, during the heating, controlling the resin temperature such that the resin temperature exceeds the melt onset temperature prior to the thermoset resin achieving a degree of cure of 98 percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: George Holden, Benjamin P. Adamson, Christopher A. Howe
  • Publication number: 20210316527
    Abstract: An interlayer including a plurality of first thermoplastic filaments having a first melting temperature and a plurality of second thermoplastic filaments having a second melting temperature, wherein the second melting temperature is substantially greater than the first melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Benjamin P. Adamson, George Holden, Christopher A. Howe
  • Patent number: D955883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Rohit Joshi, Trey Veal, Marina Brook, John Pinto, Christopher Howe, John Siciliano, James Stelzer
  • Patent number: D1025477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Yuchen Yang, Arran George Smith, Katherine Louise Cale Greatwood, Frederick Anthony Howe, Amitvikram Dutta, Jimmy Joel Lirvat
  • Patent number: D1025478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Yuchen Yang, Arran George Smith, Katherine Louise Cale Greatwood, Frederick Anthony Howe, Amitvikram Dutta, Jimmy Joel Lirvat
  • Patent number: D1025479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Yuchen Yang, Arran George Smith, Katherine Louise Cale Greatwood, Frederick Anthony Howe, Amitvikram Dutta, Jimmy Joel Lirvat