Patents by Inventor Charles Eric Covington, JR.

Charles Eric Covington, JR. 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).

  • Mechanical and magnetic control system for magnetorheological actuators
    Patent number: 9090334
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of provided boosted actuation to an aircraft flight control device includes receiving an input from a pilot input device via a mechanical input member, providing mechanical energy to a driving member of a controlled-slippage actuator, and varying the strength of a magnetic field applied to a magnetorheological (MR) fluid disposed between the driving member and a driven member of the controlled-slippage actuator based on the relative positions of the mechanical input member and a mechanical output member that is in mechanical communication with the driven member and the aircraft flight control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Covington, Jr., Brady G. Atkins
  • Mechanical and Magnetic Control System for Magnetorheological Actuators
    Publication number: 20150083868
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a method of provided boosted actuation to an aircraft flight control device includes receiving an input from a pilot input device via a mechanical input member, providing mechanical energy to a driving member of a controlled-slippage actuator, and varying the strength of a magnetic field applied to a magnetorheological (MR) fluid disposed between the driving member and a driven member of the controlled-slippage actuator based on the relative positions of the mechanical input member and a mechanical output member that is in mechanical communication with the driven member and the aircraft flight control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Charles Eric Covington, JR., Brady G. Atkins