Patents by Inventor Erika Lee Beursken

Erika Lee Beursken 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).

  • Landing gear platform
    Patent number: 10189560
    Abstract: A landing gear platform is positionable between rearward and forward tires on one side of an aircraft landing gear and rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear. The platform includes a pair of chocks that engage between the rearward and forward tires on the one side of the aircraft landing gear and the rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear and prevent the tires from rotating. A panel spans over the tops of the pair of chocks. A top surface of the panel can be reached by a worker using a stepstool, enabling the worker to stand on the top surface of the panel when performing work on the landing gear above the rearward and forward tires of the aircraft landing gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Erika Lee Beursken, Andrea Le Ridgeway, Christopher Kempf, Gregory Edward Olson, Michael Glen Nielson
  • LANDING GEAR PLATFORM
    Publication number: 20180094445
    Abstract: A landing gear platform is positionable between rearward and forward tires on one side of an aircraft landing gear and rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear. The platform includes a pair of chocks that engage between the rearward and forward tires on the one side of the aircraft landing gear and the rearward and forward tires on the opposite side of the aircraft landing gear and prevent the tires from rotating. A panel spans over the tops of the pair of chocks. A top surface of the panel can be reached by a worker using a stepstool, enabling the worker to stand on the top surface of the panel when performing work on the landing gear above the rearward and forward tires of the aircraft landing gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Erika Lee Beursken, Andrea Le Ridgeway, Christopher Kempf, Gregory Edward Olson, Michael Glen Nielson