Patents by Inventor Allen Butler
Allen Butler 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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Publication number: 20230327905Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a wireless transmitter provided within the domestic appliance, the wireless transmitter configured to emit a signal; a wireless communication module provided within the domestic appliance, the wireless communication module establishing a wireless connection between the appliance and a remote terminal; and a controller provided within the domestic appliance. The controller is configured for emitting, via the wireless communication module, the signal, wherein the signal contains a table of information uniquely associated with the domestic appliance, the table of information comprising a model identification and an indication of wireless connectivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Richard Dean Suel, II, Victor Suarez, Mark Allen Butler
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Patent number: 10927543Abstract: An acoustic attenuation structure comprises a gas permeable composite facesheet, a cellular core, and an impermeable backing. The gas permeable composite facesheet has a designated porosity. The designated porosity causes the permeability of the gas permeable composite facesheet. The gas permeable composite facesheet comprises a carbon fiber fabric. The cellular core is bonded to the gas permeable composite facesheet using a resin of the gas permeable composite facesheet without any additional adhesive. The impermeable backing is connected to the cellular core.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan
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Patent number: 10828851Abstract: A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Max U. Kismarton, Karl Marius Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
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Patent number: 10363726Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
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Publication number: 20190030839Abstract: A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Inventors: Max U. Kismarton, Karl Marius Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
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Publication number: 20190003177Abstract: An acoustic attenuation structure comprises a gas permeable composite facesheet, a cellular core, and an impermeable backing. The gas permeable composite facesheet has a designated porosity. The designated porosity causes the permeability of the gas permeable composite facesheet. The gas permeable composite facesheet comprises a carbon fiber fabric. The cellular core is bonded to the gas permeable composite facesheet using a resin of the gas permeable composite facesheet without any additional adhesive. The impermeable backing is connected to the cellular core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan
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Patent number: 10089101Abstract: Systems and methods for updating a software configuration of one or more control boards of an appliance are provided. For instance, a payload image file can be received. The payload image file can comprise a plurality of update images that include software configuration data for an appliance control board associated with an appliance group. Configuration data associated with a plurality of control boards present in a target appliance can be received. An appliance payload associated with the target appliance can be determined based at least in part on the configuration data. The appliance payload can include one or more update images to be associated with the target appliance.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Mark Allen Butler, Robert Marten Bultman, Joseph Mark Brian
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Patent number: 9943992Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2012Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
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Publication number: 20170329596Abstract: Systems and methods for updating a software configuration of one or more control boards of an appliance are provided. For instance, a payload image file can be received. The payload image file can comprise a plurality of update images that include software configuration data for an appliance control board associated with an appliance group. Configuration data associated with a plurality of control boards present in a target appliance can be received. An appliance payload associated with the target appliance can be determined based at least in part on the configuration data. The appliance payload can include one or more update images to be associated with the target appliance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2016Publication date: November 16, 2017Inventors: Mark Allen Butler, Robert Marten Bultman, Joseph Mark Brian
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Patent number: 9643392Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
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Publication number: 20170072674Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
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Patent number: 9277594Abstract: The thermal cycle time for curing a thermoset composite part in an autoclave is reduced by placing a heating blanket in proximity to an area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat, and inductively heating the area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat using the heating blanket.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Brian W. Smith, Geoffrey Allen Butler, Karl Marius Nelson
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Publication number: 20150027629Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
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Publication number: 20150030803Abstract: A composite laminate has a pattern of holes therein. The holes are formed by laying down plies of unidirectional pre-preg material having varying fiber orientations. The tows are spaced apart and located to form holes through the laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: January 29, 2015Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Brice A. Johnson, Jessica R. Hughes, Justin Honshune Lan
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Patent number: 8715262Abstract: An elastic barrier flap for an absorbent article includes a web configured to define a gap and a plurality of elastic members captured by the web. The plurality of elastic members is symmetrically arranged about the gap defined by the web. The web and plurality of elastic members are adapted to inhibit the transverse flow of body exudates released by a wearer of the absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.Inventors: Connie May McMorrow, Daniel R. Schlinz, Kylie Bridger, Sara Jane Willie Stabelfeldt, Patrick Dean Abney, Daniel Lee Ellingson, Sarah A. Funk, Rodney Allen Butler, Scott Simon Craig Kirby
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Patent number: 8667056Abstract: Requests from multiple users for one or more shared resources can be dynamically throttled based on at least one allowance value determined for each user at a current point in time. One or more business functions or other such algorithms can be used to determine an appropriate allowance value for a user based on any of a number of appropriate factors, such as the cost of a resource, a value of the user, a request volume of the user, or other such factors. The values for each user can be fed into one or more algorithms to determine information such as request limits, burst limits, and costs per request. Such approaches provide for dynamic and fine-grained traffic shaping while allowing for variance of these limits or values over time.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2011Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dylan Proulx, Manasi Manasi, Allen Butler, Pratik P. Shah, Christopher J. Wahlen, Nicole H. Dolan
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Publication number: 20120323206Abstract: An elastic barrier flap for an absorbent article includes a web configured to define a gap and a plurality of elastic members captured by the web. The plurality of elastic members is symmetrically arranged about the gap defined by the web. The web and plurality of elastic members are adapted to inhibit the transverse flow of body exudates released by a wearer of the absorbent article.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.Inventors: Connie May McMorrow, Daniel R. Schlinz, Kylie Bridger, Sara Jane Willie Stabelfeldt, Patrick Dean Abney, Daniel Lee Ellingson, Sarah A. Funk, Rodney Allen Butler, Scott Simon Craig Kirby
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Publication number: 20120227247Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
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Publication number: 20100140842Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
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Publication number: 20080232032Abstract: A capacitor anode that is formed from ceramic particles (e.g., Nb2O5, Ta2O5) capable of being chemically reduced to form an electrically conductive composition (e.g., NbO, Ta) is provided. For instance, a slip composition containing the ceramic particles may be initially formed and deposited onto a carrier substrate in the form of a thin layer. If desired, multiple layers may be formed to achieve the target thickness for the anode. Once formed, the layer(s) are subjected to a heat treatment to chemically reduce the ceramic particles and form the electrically conductive anode. Contrary to conventional press-formed anodes, the slip-formed anodes of the present invention may exhibit a small thickness, high aspect ratio (i.e., ratio of width to thickness), and uniform density, which may in turn may lead to an improved volumetric efficiency and equivalent series resistance (“ESR”).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: September 25, 2008Applicant: AVX CorporationInventors: Brady Jones, Carl L. Eggerding, Allen Butler, Gang Ning, Kaye Poole, Craig William Nies