Patents by Inventor C. Haas

C. Haas 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: 12358629
    Abstract: An air distribution panel for aircraft comprises a primary air inlet port, a housing fluidly coupled to the primary air inlet port, and an environmental sensor. The primary air inlet port is configured to be fluidly coupled to and receive primary air from an air distribution plenum. The housing comprises an air outlet chamber and a secondary air inlet chamber. The primary air is exhausted into an aircraft compartment via the air outlet chamber. Secondary air is drawn from the aircraft compartment via the secondary air inlet chamber. Exhausting of the primary air through the air outlet chamber causes the secondary air to be passively drawn into the secondary air inlet chamber. The environmental sensor is positioned within the secondary air inlet chamber and along an airflow path of the secondary air. The secondary air is exhausted via the air outlet chamber back into the aircraft compartment after the secondary air passes the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William C. Haas, Nicholas A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20240280353
    Abstract: An ergonomic casing and tool holder (ECTH) primarily for use in reloading of firearm ammunition and hand-held tool holding. This holder can secure casings frontwards or backwards. The wide clamping range of various collets/chucks allow for holding any variety of casings or tools. The protrusion of casings or tools is set by various adjustable backstops. The design allows a reduced clamping load for collapsing commercially available double angle collets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Roger G. Miller, JR., David A. Allen, Brady C. Haas
  • Patent number: 12006043
    Abstract: Environmental control systems, airflow interleavers, and methods. The environmental control systems include an airflow interleaver and mix manifold comprising a mixing chamber. The airflow interleaver comprises a first airflow guide structure configured to guide a second airflow towards a central axis of the mixing chamber and a second airflow guide structure configured to guide a first airflow away from the central axis. The methods include channeling first and second airflows to the mix manifold, mixing the first and second airflows, which includes guiding the first airflow away from the central axis and guiding the second airflow towards the central axis. The airflow interleavers include a tubular body, and a plurality of converging airflow guides and a plurality of diverging airflow guides extending from the tubular body and collectively being configured to interleave first airflow streams flowing from the tubular body with second airflow streams flowing external to the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas
  • Patent number: 11958616
    Abstract: Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, and an elongate slot that extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a suction inlet chamber that extends from a suction inlet port to the elongate inlet chamber. The suction inlet port opens into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include a motive fluid inlet port that extends into the elongate inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a sensor port that extends into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include an elongate outlet port that extends from the elongate outlet chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas, Timothy Douglas Pattee
  • Patent number: 11884403
    Abstract: Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and/or methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, a tapered elongate slot, an inlet port into the elongate inlet chamber, and an elongate outlet port from the elongate outlet chamber. The elongate inlet chamber extends along an inlet chamber length. The elongate outlet chamber extends along the inlet chamber length. The tapered elongate slot extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The inlet port is configured to receive an inlet fluid flow along an inlet flow axis. The elongate outlet port is configured to discharge an outlet fluid flow along an outlet flow axis that is oriented at a skew angle relative to the inlet flow axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Timothy D. Pattee, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20230406516
    Abstract: An air distribution panel for aircraft comprises a primary air inlet port, a housing fluidly coupled to the primary air inlet port, and an environmental sensor. The primary air inlet port is configured to be fluidly coupled to and receive primary air from an air distribution plenum. The housing comprises an air outlet chamber and a secondary air inlet chamber. The primary air is exhausted into an aircraft compartment via the air outlet chamber. Secondary air is drawn from the aircraft compartment via the secondary air inlet chamber. Exhausting of the primary air through the air outlet chamber causes the secondary air to be passively drawn into the secondary air inlet chamber. The environmental sensor is positioned within the secondary air inlet chamber and along an airflow path of the secondary air. The secondary air is exhausted via the air outlet chamber back into the aircraft compartment after the secondary air passes the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: William C. Haas, Nicholas A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20230264796
    Abstract: A paddle blade including a plurality of blades that allows fluid flow in between and along the plurality of blades. Each of the plurality of blades may have an airfoil shape and may be positioned parallel to each other. The plurality of blades may include a central diverter blade including two symmetrical, concave lateral faces. The concave lateral faces are configured to redirect, along arcuate paths, fluid flow from a direction approximately perpendicular to a front face of the paddle blade toward lateral sides of the paddle blade. The plurality of blades also includes a first and a second pair of blades positioned on opposite lateral sides of the central diverter blade, each arranged to at least partially overlap either one of the concave lateral faces of the central diverter blade or an adjacent blade of the first pair of blades respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventor: Joel C. Haas
  • Patent number: 11673238
    Abstract: A locking spanner assembly for an aircraft is disclosed. A clasp can be secured to an anchor by urging the clasp onto the anchor. The anchor contacts a trigger which opens a gate assembly to release a locking member which locks to the anchor. A lever arm allows for release which resets the clasp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas
  • Patent number: 11433986
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide movable barrier, including: a frame having a first side and a second side parallel to the first side; a first exterior panel connected to the first side of the frame and including: a first non-planar profile; and a first plurality of perforations; a second exterior panel connected to the second side of the frame and including: a second non-planar profile; and a second plurality of perforations; a cavity defined between the first exterior panel and the second exterior panel; and a liner disposed within the cavity and configured to: deform when an air pressure differential acting on a first side of the liner exceeds a pressure differential threshold and allow increased airflow through the movable barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Breigenzer, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20220177142
    Abstract: Environmental control systems, airflow interleavers, and methods. The environmental control systems include an airflow interleaver and mix manifold comprising a mixing chamber. The airflow interleaver comprises a first airflow guide structure configured to guide a second airflow towards a central axis of the mixing chamber and a second airflow guide structure configured to guide a first airflow away from the central axis. The methods include channeling first and second airflows to the mix manifold, mixing the first and second airflows, which includes guiding the first airflow away from the central axis and guiding the second airflow towards the central axis. The airflow interleavers include a tubular body, and a plurality of converging airflow guides and a plurality of diverging airflow guides extending from the tubular body and collectively being configured to interleave first airflow streams flowing from the tubular body with second airflow streams flowing external to the tubular body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas
  • Patent number: 11279723
    Abstract: A process to synthesize a Group 4 ansa-metallocene. The process includes reacting an alkaline earth metal dianion dicyclopentadiene ligand-Lewis base complex with a Group 4 metal tetrahalide in the presence of an alkali metal halide, and forming the Group 4 ansa-metallocene dihalide with high yield and purity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Harlan, Matthew W. Holtcamp, Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Steven C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20220073208
    Abstract: Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, and an elongate slot that extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a suction inlet chamber that extends from a suction inlet port to the elongate inlet chamber. The suction inlet port opens into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include a motive fluid inlet port that extends into the elongate inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles also include a sensor port that extends into the suction inlet chamber. The air distribution nozzles further include an elongate outlet port that extends from the elongate outlet chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas, Timothy Douglas Pattee
  • Publication number: 20220073207
    Abstract: Air distribution nozzles, aircraft that include air distribution nozzles, and/or methods of utilizing air distribution nozzles are disclosed herein. The air distribution nozzles include an elongate inlet chamber, an elongate outlet chamber, a tapered elongate slot, an inlet port into the elongate inlet chamber, and an elongate outlet port from the elongate outlet chamber. The elongate inlet chamber extends along an inlet chamber length. The elongate outlet chamber extends along the inlet chamber length. The tapered elongate slot extends between, and fluidly interconnects, the elongate inlet chamber and the elongate outlet chamber. The inlet port is configured to receive an inlet fluid flow along an inlet flow axis. The elongate outlet port is configured to discharge an outlet fluid flow along an outlet flow axis that is oriented at a skew angle relative to the inlet flow axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy D. Pattee, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20210291955
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide movable barrier, including: a frame having a first side and a second side parallel to the first side; a first exterior panel connected to the first side of the frame and including: a first non-planar profile; and a first plurality of perforations; a second exterior panel connected to the second side of the frame and including: a second non-planar profile; and a second plurality of perforations; a cavity defined between the first exterior panel and the second exterior panel; and a liner disposed within the cavity and configured to: deform when an air pressure differential acting on a first side of the liner exceeds a pressure differential threshold and allow increased airflow through the movable barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas J. Breigenzer, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20210245337
    Abstract: A locking spanner assembly for an aircraft is disclosed. A clasp can be secured to an anchor by urging the clasp onto the anchor. The anchor contacts a trigger which opens a gate assembly to release a locking member which locks to the anchor. A lever arm allows for release which resets the clasp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Jones, William C. Haas
  • Publication number: 20210246155
    Abstract: A process to synthesize a Group 4 ansa-metallocene. The process includes reacting an alkaline earth metal dianion dicyclopentadiene ligand-Lewis base complex with a Group 4 metal tetrahalide in the presence of an alkali metal halide, and forming the Group 4 ansa-metallocene dihalide with high yield and purity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Charles J. Harlan, Matthew W. Holtcamp, Subramaniam Kuppuswamy, Steven C. Haas
  • Patent number: 11021552
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing a catalyst system comprising contacting in an aliphatic solvent at least one support material, at least one hydrocarbyl aluminum compound and at least one non-hydrolytic active oxygen-containing compound to form a supported alumoxane (catalyst system precursor) and contacting the supported alumoxane with at least one catalyst compound having a Group 3 through Group 12 metal atom or lanthanide metal atom. The supported alumoxane may be heated prior to contact with the catalyst compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Harlan, Steven C. Haas, Lubin Luo, Francis C. Rix, Xuan Ye
  • Patent number: 10371065
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fluid control system and method for controlling delivery of two variable pressure fluids to maintain a pressure bias between the two fluids within an end use device. The system employs an actively controlled vent valve which can be integrated into a fluid control module in preferred embodiments and is actuated to an open position to decrease fluid pressure in a first fluid supply line when a determined pressure differential reversal exceeds a predetermined threshold pressure differential reversal. The disclosed system is particularly useful in a high pressure direct injection (HPDI) multi-fueled engine system where the first fluid is a gaseous fuel and the second fluid is a liquid fuel. The fluid control system and method of controlling it provide for improved control of venting along with protecting system components from high back pressure and cross contamination of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: WESTPORT POWER INC.
    Inventors: David K. Mumford, Derek Puzzuoli, Jordan C. Haas, Wesley A. Brown, Victor Woo, Joshua W. Steffen
  • Publication number: 20190127499
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for preparing a catalyst system comprising contacting in an aliphatic solvent at least one support material, at least one hydrocarbyl aluminum compound and at least one non-hydrolytic active oxygen-containing compound to form a supported alumoxane (catalyst precursor) and contacting the supported alumoxane with at least one catalyst compound having a Group 3 through Group 12 metal atom or lanthanide metal atom. The supported alumoxane may be heated prior to contact with the catalyst compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Charles J. Harlan, Steven C. Haas, Lubin Luo, Francis C. Rix, Xuan Ye
  • Patent number: 10190322
    Abstract: Tiles having a matrix of interconnected vaults on its underside surface provides space for flow of heated or conditioned air, passages for electrical service conduits and wiring, or passages for drainage. In particular, each tile may comprise a solid rigid body having a substantially planar upper surface and thickness substantially less than upper surface linear dimensions. The underside surface has a set of concavities forming a matrix of vaults bounded and interconnected by archways. Each archway is characterized by a rise dimension that is less than a span dimension. The matrix of vaults defines a set of pendentives at each vault corner whose load-bearing bases are all substantially coplanar with one another so as to contact a supporting subfloor. Edges of the tile body have corresponding alternating laterally projecting extensions and indentations for forming (with some desired leeway) mortise-and-tenon joints between adjacent tiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Thomas C. Haas