Patents by Inventor Brian Mesing

Brian Mesing 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: 20210393999
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • Patent number: 11130009
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • Patent number: 10474973
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, an aircraft fleet maintenance system includes a maintenance analysis engine and an operator feedback system. The maintenance analysis engine is configured to receive, from each of a plurality of aircraft maintainers, feedback information associated with how each of the aircraft maintainers performed an aircraft maintenance action and to compile the received feedback information from two or more of the plurality of aircraft maintainers to yield compiled maintenance trend data. The operator feedback system is configured to transmit the compiled maintenance trend data to at least one of the plurality of aircraft maintainers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Brian Tucker, Brian Mesing
  • Publication number: 20180126199
    Abstract: The present invention includes a safety apparatus and method for protecting users during maintenance operations for a rotorcraft comprising: at least one permanent, semi-permanent, or detachable safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop that is attached or attachable to a rotorcraft, wherein the safety bar, strap, fastener, hook, or loop is positioned in an area or surface between a windshield of the rotorcraft and a tail boom of the rotorcraft and is connectable to a user safety device to provide fall protection from the area or surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Bob Thornton, Chyau Tzeng, Brian Mesing, Kevin Knott, Mark Wiinikka, Edith Richard, David Platz, Joshua Edler, Sarah Villanueva, Thomas Mast, Joseph Leachman, Daniel John Burns
  • Publication number: 20160342930
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, an aircraft fleet maintenance system includes a maintenance analysis engine and an operator feedback system. The maintenance analysis engine is configured to receive, from each of a plurality of aircraft maintainers, feedback information associated with how each of the aircraft maintainers performed an aircraft maintenance action and to compile the received feedback information from two or more of the plurality of aircraft maintainers to yield compiled maintenance trend data. The operator feedback system is configured to transmit the compiled maintenance trend data to at least one of the plurality of aircraft maintainers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Brian Tucker, Brian Mesing
  • Publication number: 20160342956
    Abstract: According to one example embodiment, an aircraft health feedback system includes an assessment engine and at least one receiver unit. The assessment engine is configured to identify, if the health data and the feedback data both indicate potential changes in health status of an aircraft part within the category of aircraft parts, a time lapse between when the health data indicates the potential change in health status of the aircraft part occurred and when the feedback information indicates that the potential change in health status was identified by at least one of the plurality of aircraft maintainers and to determine, if the health data and the feedback data both indicate potential changes in health status of an aircraft part within the category of aircraft parts, an error in at least one of the health data and the feedback information based on the time lapse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Tucker, Brian Mesing