Patents by Inventor Chalres E. Morris

Chalres E. Morris 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).

  • Fault tolerant electro-mechanical acutator
    Patent number: 9347535
    Abstract: An electromechanical actuator incorporates a drive housing connected to a motor for rotational motion. A screw is employed with an actuating nut having protruding engagement bosses and a drive coupling is concentrically received within the drive housing having segments equal to the number of engagement bosses. Each segment has a cavity to receive a respective one of the engagement bosses and the segments are cooperatively positionable from an active position radially compressed to engage the bosses within the cavities to a released position radially expanded to disengage the bosses from the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James L. Sheahan, Jr., Chalres E. Morris, David E. Blanding, James L. Peck, Jr.