Patents by Inventor Bradford L. Moravec

Bradford L. Moravec 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).

  • Commercial aircraft on-board inerting system
    Patent number: 7152635
    Abstract: An inerting system (10) for an aircraft (12) includes one or more fuel tank circuits (15) associated with fuel tanks (16). An air source (17) supplies pressurized air. A heat exchanger (56) cools the pressurized air. An air separation module (46) is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger (56) and separates inerting gas from the pressurized air. A controller (40) controls flow of the inerting gas from the air separation module (46) to the fuel tanks (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bradford L. Moravec, Royal E. Boggs, Rodney N. Graham, Alan Grim, David A. Adkins, Donald Snow, Jr., Greg A. Haack