Patents by Inventor MICHEAL A. WALKER

MICHEAL A. WALKER 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).

  • Hybrid thrust reverser inner wall for aircraft engines
    Patent number: 9995247
    Abstract: An aircraft thrust reverser inner wall and method of manufacturing the same. The aircraft thrust reverser inner wall may include a face sheet, a perforated back sheet, and a core sandwiched between the face sheet and the perforated back sheet. The face sheet may have an inner face sheet surface and an outer face sheet surface, and the core may have an inner core surface, an outer core surface, and a plurality of cell walls extending therebetween. An electro-depositable material may be applied, via electrodeposition, in a substantially continuous layer over the outer core surface, the cell walls, and the outer face sheet surface, thus bonding the face sheet and core together. The perforated back sheet may be attached to the core at the outer core surface, and a conductive coating may be applied to the inner face sheet surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahbar Nasserrafi, Craig Clasper, Micheal A. Walker, Gerald E. Hicks, Linda Cadwell Stancin
  • HYBRID THRUST REVERSER INNER WALL FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20170096964
    Abstract: An aircraft thrust reverser inner wall and method of manufacturing the same. The aircraft thrust reverser inner wall may include a face sheet, a perforated back sheet, and a core sandwiched between the face sheet and the perforated back sheet. The face sheet may have an inner face sheet surface and an outer face sheet surface, and the core may have an inner core surface, an outer core surface, and a plurality of cell walls extending therebetween. An electro-depositable material may be applied, via electrodeposition, in a substantially continuous layer over the outer core surface, the cell walls, and the outer face sheet surface, thus bonding the face sheet and core together. The perforated back sheet may be attached to the core at the outer core surface, and a conductive coating may be applied to the inner face sheet surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: RAHBAR NASSERRAFI, CRAIG CLASPER, MICHEAL A. WALKER, GERALD E. HICKS, LINDA CADWELL STANCIN