Patents by Inventor Brandon Michael Cerge

Brandon Michael Cerge 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).

  • Tip clearance measurement of a rotary wing aircraft
    Patent number: 10400851
    Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly with an upper blade and a lower rotor assembly with a lower blade. A first antenna in one of upper blade and the lower blade, and a second antenna in the other of the upper blade and the lower blade. An oscillator to apply an excitation signal to the first antenna. A blade proximity monitor to monitor a magnitude of the excitation signal and an output signal from the second antenna to determine a distance between the upper blade and the lower blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maximilian August Koessick, Michael J. Kostoss, Eric Lucien Nussenblatt, Justin Thomas, Christopher Paul Butler, Brandon Michael Cerge
  • BLADE INDEXING OF A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20170217581
    Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly with a plurality of blades rotating in a first plane and a lower rotor assembly with a plurality of blades rotating in a second plane, each of the blades having a root end, a midpoint, and a tip end. A translational thrust system positioned at the extending tail, the translational thrust system providing translational thrust to the airframe. The blades of the upper rotor assembly and the blades of the lower rotor assembly are indexed to improve tip end clearance between pairs of tip ends in the crossing plane as the tip ends move in respective first and second sinusoidal paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: David H. Hunter, Scott A. Chasen, Brandon Michael Cerge, Maximilian August Koessick, Michael J. Kostoss, Eric Lucien Nussenblatt, Justin Thomas, Chris P. Butler
  • TIP CLEARANCE MEASUREMENT OF A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20170210463
    Abstract: An aircraft is provided including an airframe, an extending tail, and a counter rotating, coaxial main rotor assembly including an upper rotor assembly with an upper blade and a lower rotor assembly with a lower blade. A first antenna in one of upper blade and the lower blade, and a second antenna in the other of the upper blade and the lower blade. An oscillator to apply an excitation signal to the first antenna. A blade proximity monitor to monitor a magnitude of the excitation signal and an output signal from the second antenna to determine a distance between the upper blade and the lower blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Maximilian August Koessick, Michael J. Kostoss, Eric Lucien Nussenblatt, Justin Thomas, Christopher Paul Butler, Brandon Michael Cerge