Patents by Inventor Aaron A. Cusher

Aaron A. Cusher 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).

  • Publication number: 20230073840
    Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a housing having an open end and a closed end, a faceplate positioned on the open end of the housing, the faceplate comprising a periphery at an outer edge of the faceplate, a central opening, and an exterior surface extending from the periphery to the central opening, and a vane assembly extending through the central opening of the faceplate. The exterior surface of the faceplate has a sloped profile from the periphery to the central opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Mackenzie Whalen, Aaron A. Cusher, Armando Valdes Chavez, Daniel Hanson, Richard Alan Schwartz, Wallace Johnson, William B. Krueger, Kaleb Anderson
  • Patent number: 11578655
    Abstract: A pressure and temperature probe of a gas turbine engine includes a base portion and an airfoil portion extending from the base portion to an end portion located at a distal end of the probe. The airfoil portion includes a leading edge located at an upstream end of the probe relative to a direction of airflow across the probe. A temperature sensor is located in a temperature sensor chamber located in the airfoil portion, and a temperature airflow hole in the end portion is configured to admit an airflow into the temperature sensor chamber around the temperature sensor. The temperature airflow hole is configured and positioned such that the airflow admitted via the temperature airflow hole has a turning angle of less than 90 degrees into the temperature sensor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: ROSEMOUNT AEROSPACE INC.
    Inventors: Sathish Thangavel, Andy Holl, Aaron A. Cusher
  • Publication number: 20200392896
    Abstract: A pressure and temperature probe of a gas turbine engine includes a base portion and an airfoil portion extending from the base portion to an end portion located at a distal end of the probe. The airfoil portion includes a leading edge located at an upstream end of the probe relative to a direction of airflow across the probe. A temperature sensor is located in a temperature sensor chamber located in the airfoil portion, and a temperature airflow hole in the end portion is configured to admit an airflow into the temperature sensor chamber around the temperature sensor. The temperature airflow hole is configured and positioned such that the airflow admitted via the temperature airflow hole has a turning angle of less than 90 degrees into the temperature sensor chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Sathish Thangavel, Andy Holl, Aaron A. Cusher
  • Patent number: 10634530
    Abstract: An air data probe has a pitot tube with a tap at a forward end that defines an inner flow path. The inner flow path decreases in the cross-sectional area until reaching a throat. The inner flow path has cross-sections that are generally cylindrical and also has sections of removed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Johnson, Aaron A. Cusher, Timothy Thomas Golly, Brian Daniel Matheis, Greg Seidel
  • Patent number: 10416188
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe body and an air data sensing port disposed in the probe body. The probe body includes a barrel region, a tapered head region extending forward from the barrel region, and a tip at a forward-most end of the tapered head region. The air data sensing port is disposed in the probe body at a port location aft of the tip. The probe body has a turbulence-producing geometry originating at the tip that produces a turbulent boundary layer of airflow that extends from the tip to the port location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Jae Doolittle, Mackenzie Whalen, James Barron Egberg, Aaron A. Cusher, Brian Daniel Matheis
  • Patent number: 10281303
    Abstract: An air data probe has a pitot tube with a tap at a forward end that defines an inner flow path. The inner flow path decreases in the cross-sectional area until reaching a throat. The inner flow path has cross-sections that are generally cylindrical and also has sections of removed material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Johnson, Aaron A Cusher, Timothy Thomas Golly, Brian Daniel Matheis, Greg Seidel
  • Publication number: 20180149501
    Abstract: An air data probe has a pitot tube with a tap at a forward end that defines an inner flow path. The inner flow path decreases in the cross-sectional area until reaching a throat. The inner flow path has cross-sections that are generally cylindrical and also has sections of removed material. Other embodiment have unique shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Inventors: Paul Robert Johnson, Aaron A. Cusher, Timothy Thomas Golly, Brian Daniel Matheis, Greg Seidel
  • Publication number: 20180017591
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe body and an air data sensing port disposed in the probe body. The probe body includes a barrel region, a tapered head region extending forward from the barrel region, and a tip at a forward-most end of the tapered head region. The air data sensing port is disposed in the probe body at a port location aft of the tip. The probe body has a turbulence-producing geometry originating at the tip that produces a turbulent boundary layer of airflow that extends from the tip to the port location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Charles Jae Doolittle, Mackenzie Whalen, James Barron Egberg, Aaron A. Cusher, Brian Daniel Matheis
  • Publication number: 20160282158
    Abstract: An air data probe has a pitot tube with a tap at a forward end that defines an inner flow path. The inner flow path decreases in the cross-sectional area until reaching a throat. The inner flow path has cross-sections that are generally cylindrical and also has sections of removed material. Other embodiment have unique shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Paul Robert Johnson, Aaron A. Cusher, Timothy Thomas Golly, Brian Daniel Matheis, Greg Seidel