Patents by Inventor Alexander N. Reid
Alexander N. Reid 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).
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Patent number: 11768219Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a heated chassis defining a pocket and a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having an opening. The vane assembly has a portion that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and extends through the opening of the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Publication number: 20230168270Abstract: A flow angle sensor includes a sensing element, a background component connected to and movable with the sensing element, the background component having a marker, a lens adjacent the disk, an image sensor axially aligned with the lens, a light source positioned to illuminate the disk, and an image processing system connected to the image sensor. The image processing system provides an angle of attack output based on a location of the marker sensed by the image sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Aswin Kumar Vallamkondu, Kent Allan Ramthun, Naveen Kumar Devarakonda, Jeremy S. Burns, Alexander N. Reid, Karthik Jegatheeswaran, Venkata Sai Sudheer Kumar Vennelakanti
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Patent number: 11649057Abstract: A static plate heating arrangement includes a faceplate including a port extending from an exterior surface of the faceplate to an interior surface of the faceplate, a fixed resistance heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the port, and a self-regulating heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the fixed resistance heater. The fixed resistance heater and the self-regulating heater are electrically connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Allan Hoffmann, William B. Krueger, Brian Alan Gilkison, Robert J. Johnson
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Patent number: 11486785Abstract: A thermal management system for a sensor module is disclosed that includes a housing enclosing the sensor module and having a bottom wall with a reception port formed therein, and a thermal isolation puck installed within the reception port formed in the bottom wall of the housing for reducing the rate at which thermal energy from a heater located within an adjacent flush static plate is lost to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Brian Alan Gilkison, Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Hoffmann
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Publication number: 20220043022Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a heated chassis defining a pocket and a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having an opening. The vane assembly has a portion that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and extends through the opening of the mounting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Patent number: 11181545Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a heated chassis defining a pocket and a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having an opening. The vane assembly has a portion that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and extends through the opening of the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Publication number: 20210179277Abstract: A static plate heating arrangement includes a faceplate including a port extending from an exterior surface of the faceplate to an interior surface of the faceplate, a fixed resistance heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the port, and a self-regulating heater in thermal communication with the interior surface and surrounding the fixed resistance heater. The fixed resistance heater and the self-regulating heater are electrically connected in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2019Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Allan Hoffmann, William B. Krueger, Brian Alan Gilkison, Robert J. Johnson
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Patent number: 11022194Abstract: A damper assembly for an angle of attack sensor includes a rotor including a conical portion, a damper housing in which the rotor is positioned, the damper housing being configured to be adjusted axially with respect to the rotor and including a tapered interior surface that matches a profile of the conical portion, and a locking mechanism adjacent the damper housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz
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Patent number: 10928416Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a mounting plate having an opening and a heated chassis positioned adjacent the mounting plate and having a ring portion extending through the opening, the ring portion defining a ring-shaped deflector that surrounds the vane assembly and extends beyond an exterior surface of the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz
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Patent number: 10877062Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a mounting plate having an opening and a heated chassis positioned adjacent the mounting plate and having a ring portion extending into the opening. The ring portion includes a narrow fore portion extending into the opening, a wide aft portion extending into the opening, and an aft-located ramp connected to the wide aft portion and extending through the opening beyond an exterior surface of the mounting plate.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventor: Alexander N. Reid
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Publication number: 20200309630Abstract: A thermal management system for a sensor module is disclosed that includes a housing enclosing the sensor module and having a bottom wall with a reception port formed therein, and a thermal isolation puck installed within the reception port formed in the bottom wall of the housing for reducing the rate at which thermal energy from a heater located within an adjacent flush static plate is lost to the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Brian Alan Gilkison, Alexander N. Reid, Nathan Hoffmann
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Patent number: 10730637Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a housing, a heated chassis positioned at least partially within the housing and defining a pocket, a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having a circular opening, an external surface facing away from the housing, and an internal surface facing toward the housing, and a vane assembly extending through the circular opening of the mounting plate. The vane assembly includes a vane extending from a root to a tip and a vane base connected to the root of the vane and positioned within the pocket of the heated chassis such that the vane base is offset inwardly from the external surface toward the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: William B. Krueger, Kenneth Freeman, Richard Alan Schwartz, Alexander N. Reid, Timothy DeAngelo
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Patent number: 10725065Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane that is freely rotatable to align with a direction of an oncoming airflow over the vane. The airfoil includes a root proximate a vane hub that connects to a rotatable shaft, a tip opposite the root, a leading edge, a trailing edge opposite the leading edge, a first lateral face, a second lateral face, and a heating element disposed within the airfoil between the first and second lateral faces proximate the leading edge. The first lateral face extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The second lateral face is opposite the first lateral face and extends from the leading edge to the trailing edge. The first and second lateral faces are symmetric about a chord of the airfoil and each have an outer surface profile that is nonlinear and geometrically convex from the leading edge to the trailing edge.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: William B. Krueger, Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, Kenneth Freeman
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Publication number: 20190353223Abstract: A damper assembly for an angle of attack sensor includes a rotor including a conical portion, a damper housing in which the rotor is positioned, the damper housing being configured to be adjusted axially with respect to the rotor and including a tapered interior surface that matches a profile of the conical portion, and a locking mechanism adjacent the damper housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz
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Publication number: 20190346479Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a mounting plate having an opening and a heated chassis positioned adjacent the mounting plate and having a ring portion extending into the opening. The ring portion includes a narrow fore portion extending into the opening, a wide aft portion extending into the opening, and an aft-located ramp connected to the wide aft portion and extending through the opening beyond an exterior surface of the mounting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventor: Alexander N. Reid
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Publication number: 20190346478Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a mounting plate having an opening and a heated chassis positioned adjacent the mounting plate and having a ring portion extending through the opening, the ring portion defining a ring-shaped deflector that surrounds the vane assembly and extends beyond an exterior surface of the mounting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2018Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz
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Patent number: 10393766Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a housing having an open first end and a closed second end, a heated chassis positioned within the open first end of the housing, a mounting plate positioned on the heated chassis adjacent the open first end of the housing such that an internal chamber is formed between the heated chassis and the mounting plate, a transducer compartment between the heated chassis and the closed second end of the housing, and a water management system located adjacent the internal chamber and the transducer compartment. The water management system includes an annular chamber positioned in the internal chamber, a first tube at a first end of the annular chamber, and a second tube at a second end of the annular chamber. The first tube has a hole such that the first tube is in fluid communication with the annular chamber and the internal chamber, and the second tube is in fluid communication with the annular chamber and the transducer compartment.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.Inventors: Carlos Alcaya, Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Publication number: 20190100327Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a housing, a heated chassis positioned at least partially within the housing and defining a pocket, a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having a circular opening, an external surface facing away from the housing, and an internal surface facing toward the housing, and a vane assembly extending through the circular opening of the mounting plate. The vane assembly includes a vane extending from a root to a tip and a vane base connected to the root of the vane and positioned within the pocket of the heated chassis such that the vane base is offset inwardly from the external surface toward the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: William B. Krueger, Kenneth Freeman, Richard Alan Schwartz, Alexander N. Reid, Timothy DeAngelo
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Publication number: 20190056424Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a housing having an open first end and a closed second end, a heated chassis positioned within the open first end of the housing, a mounting plate positioned on the heated chassis adjacent the open first end of the housing such that an internal chamber is formed between the heated chassis and the mounting plate, a transducer compartment between the heated chassis and the closed second end of the housing, and a water management system located adjacent the internal chamber and the transducer compartment. The water management system includes an annular chamber positioned in the internal chamber, a first tube at a first end of the annular chamber, and a second tube at a second end of the annular chamber. The first tube has a hole such that the first tube is in fluid communication with the annular chamber and the internal chamber, and the second tube is in fluid communication with the annular chamber and the transducer compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Carlos Alcaya, Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman
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Publication number: 20190056425Abstract: An angle of attack sensor includes a vane assembly and a multi-piece faceplate adjacent the vane assembly. The faceplate includes a heated chassis defining a pocket and a mounting plate positioned adjacent the heated chassis and having an opening. The vane assembly has a portion that is positioned in the pocket of the heated chassis and extends through the opening of the mounting plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Alexander N. Reid, Richard Alan Schwartz, William B. Krueger, Timothy DeAngelo, Kenneth Freeman