Patents by Inventor Christopher J. Cline

Christopher J. Cline 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).

  • Rotor blade adjustable weight retention system
    Patent number: 8029240
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a rotor blade balancing apparatus may include a tube member defining an inner cavity, a plurality of weights, and a biasing member. The tube member may be for the insertion into a cavity of a rotor blade. Each of the weights may be adapted to be slide-ably inserted into the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade, and slide-ably removed from the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade in order to balance a rotor blade. The biasing member may be for biasing weights, which have been slide-ably inserted into the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade, towards an end of the tube member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew H. Cawthorne, Steven J. Spear, Christopher J. Cline
  • ROTOR BLADE ADJUSTABLE WEIGHT RETENTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110002785
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a rotor blade balancing apparatus may include a tube member defining an inner cavity, a plurality of weights, and a biasing member. The tube member may be for the insertion into a cavity of a rotor blade. Each of the weights may be adapted to be slide-ably inserted into the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade, and slide-ably removed from the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade in order to balance a rotor blade. The biasing member may be for biasing weights, which have been slide-ably inserted into the inner cavity of the tube member within a cavity of a rotor blade, towards an end of the tube member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: MATTHEW H. CAWTHORNE, STEVEN J. SPEAR, CHRISTOPHER J. CLINE