Patents by Inventor Benjamin D. Cyr

Benjamin D. Cyr 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).

  • Patent number: 10184507
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a bolt comprising: a body having a head, a circumferential sidewall, a central bore extending at least a portion of a length of the bolt, and a plurality of slots extending through the sidewall from the bore, a plurality of positioning arms at least partially located within an interior of the bolt, and a screw seated within the head, where a position of the screw within the head controls an extent to which the plurality of the positioning arms are extended through the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Cyr
  • Publication number: 20170350438
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a bolt comprising: a body having a head, a circumferential sidewall, a central bore extending at least a portion of a length of the bolt, and a plurality of slots extending through the sidewall from the bore, a plurality of positioning arms at least partially located within an interior of the bolt, and a screw seated within the head, where a position of the screw within the head controls an extent to which the plurality of the positioning arms are extended through the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Cyr
  • Patent number: 9366586
    Abstract: An optical probe includes a first end, a second end, an outer housing, an inner housing concentric with the outer housing, flow holes within the inner housing at the first end, and an optics holder within the inner housing between the flow holes and the second end. The optical probe further includes high temperature optical lenses inside the optics holder between the flow holes and the second end, fiber holders inside the optics holder between the high temperature optical lenses and the second end, optical fibers coated in a high temperature material extending from inside fiber holders towards the second end, and a high temperature adhesive for securing the optical fibers, the fiber holders, and the high temperature optical lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eli Cole Warren, Benjamin D. Cyr
  • Publication number: 20140270625
    Abstract: An optical probe includes a first end, a second end, an outer housing, an inner housing concentric with the outer housing, flow holes within the inner housing at the first end, and an optics holder within the inner housing between the flow holes and the second end. The optical probe further includes high temperature optical lenses inside the optics holder between the flow holes and the second end, fiber holders inside the optics holder between the high temperature optical lenses and the second end, optical fibers coated in a high temperature material extending from inside fiber holders towards the second end, and a high temperature adhesive for securing the optical fibers, the fiber holders, and the high temperature optical lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eli Cole Warren, Benjamin D. Cyr