Patents by Inventor TAD W. THENO

TAD W. THENO 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).

  • Aircraft DC power distribution systems and methods
    Patent number: 10090676
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing DC power in an aircraft. In one example, a method is provided that includes generating a plurality of DC voltages from a plurality of independent sources driven by one or more turbines of the aircraft, providing each of the plurality of DC voltages to respective dedicated DC buses, and setting a plurality of switches that selectively couples a first set of dedicated DC buses to a synchronization bus to allow for bus sharing between the first set of dedicated DC buses and bus isolation of a second set of dedicated DC buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Knowles, Keith J. Cleek, Chris K. Lee, Tad W. Theno, Ivan H. Wong
  • AIRCRAFT DC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20160359324
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for distributing DC power in an aircraft. In one example, a method is provided that includes generating a plurality of DC voltages from a plurality of independent sources driven by one or more turbines of the aircraft, providing each of the plurality of DC voltages to respective dedicated DC buses, and setting a plurality of switches that selectively couples a first set of dedicated DC buses to a synchronization bus to allow for bus sharing between the first set of dedicated DC buses and bus isolation of a second set of dedicated DC buses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JEFFREY A. KNOWLES, KEITH J. CLEEK, CHRIS K. LEE, TAD W. THENO, IVAN H. WONG