Patents by Inventor Charles E. Simila

Charles E. Simila 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: 9100991
    Abstract: An ergonomic armrest includes an outer surface layer formed of a pliable electrostatic discharge (ESD)-safe material. The ergonomic armrest also includes a first metal layer configured to structurally support the outer surface layer and transfer heat from a first edge of the ergonomic armrest proximate to a heat source to a second edge of the ergonomic armrest opposite the heat source. The ergonomic armrest further includes an insulating layer configured to reduce heat transfer from the heat source to the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Charles E. Simila
  • Publication number: 20140224781
    Abstract: An ergonomic armrest includes an outer surface layer formed of a pliable electrostatic discharge (ESD)-safe material. The ergonomic armrest also includes a first metal layer configured to structurally support the outer surface layer and transfer heat from a first edge of the ergonomic armrest proximate to a heat source to a second edge of the ergonomic armrest opposite the heat source. The ergonomic armrest further includes an insulating layer configured to reduce heat transfer from the heat source to the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles E. Simila
  • Publication number: 20030183332
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of adhering a component to a substrate with a controlled bondline, and to a device made by the method, including steps of providing a substrate; applying a first adhesive in a plurality of selected locations on a surface of the substrate; curing the first adhesive to form a plurality of structures; applying a second adhesive over selected groupings of the plurality of structures, the second adhesive at least partially surrounding and covering the structures in the selected groupings; and placing a component on the second adhesive such that the second adhesive is compressed and the component rests on the structures in at least one of the selected groupings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventor: Charles E. Simila
  • Patent number: 5389743
    Abstract: A ceramic circuit card (10) for a missile utilizing a "rivet" design and a method for making the same wherein thick-film copper I/O pads (15) are fabricated on a first dielectric layer (13) and on the upper surface of conducting material (20) in vias (14) formed in the dielectric layer (13). A first conductor layer (11) is printed directly on an alumina ceramic layer (12). The dielectric layer (13) is then printed on the first conductor layer (11) and on the alumina ceramic layer (12). During operation, each I/O pad (15) has attached to it a flex harness (21) for connecting the card (10) to a printed wiring board (22) on which the card (10) is mounted. The ceramic circuit card (10) is further comprised of additional dielectric and conductor layers in an alternating stacked arrangement. The top conductor layer is used to connect the circuit card to other electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Charles E. Simila, Mradul Mehrotra
  • Patent number: 4911074
    Abstract: The cleaner utilizes a screen cleaning head carriage having a freely rotatable wiper roller, solvent ejector for directing solvent at the web before it passes over the wiper roller during motion of the head carriage in a first direction, and a drying gas ejector for directing drying gas at the screen during motion of the head carriage in a second direction opposite the first direction, together with web feed control means for advancing the web about the wiper roller in advancement increments and retracting the web about the wiper roller in lesser retraction increments interspersed with the advancement increments, to produce a two steps forward and one step back" forward intemittent web motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: Charles E. Simila