Patents by Inventor Arshad Nazir

Arshad Nazir 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).

  • Apparatus for refueling aircraft
    Patent number: 9108738
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a refueling system for a number of fuel tanks, a primary valve, and a secondary valve. The refueling system has branches capable of distributing fuel into the number of fuel tanks. The primary valve is associated with a primary branch in the branches. The primary valve and the secondary valve are independently controlled to change a distribution of the fuel through the branches into the number of fuel tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Tracy Lee Tweet, Arshad Nazir, Dennis W. Seibold
  • Fuel scavenge water removal system
    Patent number: 8486261
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected to the scavenge pump and a water outlet. A water manifold is connected from the water outlet to an input to a fuel supply line to an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Buchholz, Matthew E. Leahy, Paul J. Maue, Edward M. Ducheane, J. Everett Groat, Arshad Nazir, Michael L. Simmons, Howard S. Veith, Peter K. Louden, Kevin K. Longwell
  • FUEL SCAVENGE WATER REMOVAL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20120298593
    Abstract: An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected to the scavenge pump and a water outlet. A water manifold is connected from the water outlet to an input to a fuel supply line to an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Joseph M. Buchholz, Matthew E. Leahy, Paul J. Maue, Edward M. Ducheane, J. Everett Groat, Arshad Nazir, Michael L. Simmons, Howard S. Veith, Peter J. Louden, Kevin K. Longwell