Patents by Inventor Andrew S. Niederschulte

Andrew S. Niederschulte 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: 20200094471
    Abstract: An additively-manufactured component includes a main body, and at least one stiffening member. Each of the main body and the stiffening member(s) is additively manufactured layer-by-layer in a common build direction. A method of forming an additively-manufactured component includes forming a main body and at least one stiffening member of the additively-manufactured component layer-by-layer in a common build direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Andrew S. Niederschulte
  • Publication number: 20200067179
    Abstract: A system comprising a core, backskin, longitudinal repair core strip, splice clip, and a section of the backskin. The core comprises a plurality of longitudinal core strips and transverse core strips forming a plurality of core cells and the backskin comprises electronics connected to the core and providing electrical functionality enabling the plurality of core cells of the core to function as a phased array antenna aperture. The splice clip connected one of the plurality of longitudinal core strips to the longitudinal repair core strip and the section of the backskin is electrically connected and structurally bonded to the longitudinal repair core strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams
  • Patent number: 10476140
    Abstract: A method for repair of a multifunctional wideband array includes processes and operations of assessing electrical and structural impairment to the multifunctional wideband array; cutting an opening in a superstrate of the multifunctional wideband array to expose an impaired backskin section of a lower electronics assembly of the multifunctional wideband array; replacing the impaired backskin section with a replacement backskin section; and repairing the opening in the superstrate. A system of multifunctional wideband array repair includes a core having longitudinal core strips and transverse core strips; a backskin having electronics connected to the core and providing electrical functionality enabling the core cells of the core to function as a phased array antenna aperture; a number of splice clips connecting longitudinal core strips to longitudinal repair core strips; and a section of the backskin electrically connected and structurally bonded to the repair core strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams
  • Patent number: 10340584
    Abstract: A structural panel of an aircraft is constructed with a multiphase antenna embedded inside the structural panel between multiple sheets of fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams, Lixin Cai, Timothy J. Luchini, Justin J. Schell
  • Publication number: 20190051976
    Abstract: A structural panel of an aircraft is constructed with a multiphase antenna embedded inside the structural panel between multiple sheets of fiberglass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, JR., Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams, Lixin Cai, Timothy J. Luchini, Justin J. Schell
  • Publication number: 20170264007
    Abstract: A method for repair of a multifunctional wideband array includes processes and operations of assessing electrical and structural impairment to the multifunctional wideband array; cutting an opening in a superstrate of the multifunctional wideband array to expose an impaired backskin section of a lower electronics assembly of the multifunctional wideband array; replacing the impaired backskin section with a replacement backskin section; and repairing the opening in the superstrate. A system of multifunctional wideband array repair includes a core having longitudinal core strips and transverse core strips; a backskin having electronics connected to the core and providing electrical functionality enabling the core cells of the core to function as a phased array antenna aperture; a number of splice clips connecting longitudinal core strips to longitudinal repair core strips; and a section of the backskin electrically connected and structurally bonded to the repair core strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams