Patents by Inventor Cameron D. Brown

Cameron D. Brown 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).

  • System and method for in-flight adjustment of store ejector gas flow orificing
    Patent number: 7954765
    Abstract: A store ejector is adapted for in-flight adjustment of the pitch attitude imparted to a store by a pair of ejector pistons. The pitch attitude of the store is adjustable to correspond to a flight condition of the aircraft at time of store release. The aircraft has a flight computer that provides store release pitch data corresponding to the aircraft flight conditions. The store ejector includes an orificing assembly that varies the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons by translating a mandrel within a bore formed in the orificing assembly. Orifices within the bore are adjusted to apportion the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons in accordance with an optimum orifice setting corresponding to the desired pitch attitude of the store for the given flight condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thaddeus M. Jakubowski, Jr., Cameron D. Brown, Daniel S. Rymarz, John K. Foster
  • System and Method for In-Flight Adjustment of Store Ejector Gas Flow Orificing
    Publication number: 20090100996
    Abstract: A store ejector is adapted for in-flight adjustment of the pitch attitude imparted to a store by a pair of ejector pistons. The pitch attitude of the store is adjustable to correspond to a flight condition of the aircraft at time of store release. The aircraft has a flight computer that provides store release pitch data corresponding to the aircraft flight conditions. The store ejector includes an orificing assembly that varies the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons by translating a mandrel within a bore formed in the orificing assembly. Orifices within the bore are adjusted to apportion the flow of pressurized gas to the ejector pistons in accordance with an optimum orifice setting corresponding to the desired pitch attitude of the store for the given flight condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thaddeus M. Jakubowski, JR., Cameron D. Brown, Daniel S. Rymarz, John K. Foster
  • System and method for reducing body diode conduction
    Patent number: 7508175
    Abstract: A circuit for minimizing the effect of a parasitic body diode by combining a power electronics switching circuit with a pinch-off switch and a delay function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Dwight B. DeWitt, Cameron D. Brown, Steven M. Robertson
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING BODY DIODE CONDUCTION
    Publication number: 20080074093
    Abstract: A circuit for minimizing the effect of a parasitic body diode by combining a power electronics switching circuit with a pinch-off switch and a delay function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Dwight B. DeWitt, Cameron D. Brown, Steven M. Robertson