Patents by Inventor Curtis R. Patterson, II

Curtis R. Patterson, II 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).

  • VARIABLE THIN WALLED DUCT WITH BEND
    Publication number: 20130174935
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a duct is disclosed that is suitable for aerospace applications, for example. The method includes the steps of providing a longitudinally extending duct having a first wall thickness at an end portion and a second wall thickness at a portion that is less than the first wall thickness. The duct is bent at the portion to a desired shape to provide a tube having at least one bend located within a distance of one duct diameter from the first wall thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Curtis R. Patterson, II, Mark J. Ricciardo
  • Method, program, and system for conducting trade studies and evaluation activities
    Patent number: 8370183
    Abstract: A comparative evaluation of a plurality of alternative candidates is performed by creating a plurality of evaluation criteria for evaluating the alternative candidates, comparing pairs of the evaluation criteria and assigning a relative weight to each compared pair of evaluation criteria, assigning an evaluation value to the evaluation criteria for each of the alternative candidates, and generating a relative ranking of the alternative candidates based at least in part on the assigned relative weights and the assigned evaluation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Curtis R. Patterson, II, Martin D. Bennett, William K. Barcza