Patents by Inventor Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith
Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith 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).
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Publication number: 20230210253Abstract: An aircraft includes a fuselage having a former therein and a work platform system. The work platform system includes a platform that is moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The work platform system also has a hinge pin received by the platform. A platform stop is carried by the former and configured to inhibit rotation of the platform about the hinge pin when the platform is in the deployed configuration. The hinge pin is carried by the former.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Michael Ross Wilkinson, James Everett Kooiman, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Tjepke Heeringa, David G. Carlson
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Publication number: 20230211868Abstract: A folding step system includes a housing forming an interior space and a step comprising a step surface. The step is movable between a stowed configuration in which substantially all of the step surface is disposed within the interior space and a deployed configuration in which at least a portion of the step surface is disposed outside of the interior space and at least a portion of the step surface is disposed within the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Michael Ross Wilkinson, James Everett Kooiman, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Tjepke Heeringa, David G. Carlson
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Patent number: 11661178Abstract: A tail rotor assembly coupled to a tailboom of a helicopter includes a tail rotor gearbox having top, bottom and aft sides and a shroud surrounding the tail rotor gearbox. The shroud includes a shroud airframe having top and bottom portions. The tail rotor assembly includes a tail rotor gearbox support assembly configured to support the tail rotor gearbox within the shroud. The tail rotor gearbox support assembly includes a support column coupling the aft side of the tail rotor gearbox between the top and bottom portions of the shroud airframe, an upper support crossbar coupling the top side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe and a lower support crossbar coupling the bottom side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael Edwin Rinehart
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Patent number: 11401035Abstract: A system is described and includes a rack for carrying payload disposed in payload bay; a rack extension assembly for affecting linear displacement of the rack between a first position in which the rack is stowed within the payload bay and a second position in which the rack is supported outside the payload bay; a payload actuator system for selectively causing the rack extension assembly to move the rack between the first and second positions; a payload bay door; and a door actuator system for selectively opening and closing the payload bay door.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Patent number: 11286047Abstract: A system is described and includes a rack for carrying payload disposed in a payload bay; and a payload extension assembly for affecting linear translation of the rack between a first position in which the rack is fully retracted within the payload bay and a second position in which the payload extension assembly is fully extended and the rack is supported outside the payload bay. The payload extension assembly comprises forward and aft tracks respectively attached to forward and aft walls of the payload bay; a first stage for providing linear translation of the rack relative to the forward and aft tracks; and a second stage for providing linear translation of the rack relative to the first stage. The system further comprises a payload actuator system for selectively causing the rack extension assembly to move the rack between the first and second positions.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Publication number: 20210339852Abstract: A tail rotor assembly coupled to a tailboom of a helicopter includes a tail rotor gearbox having top, bottom and aft sides and a shroud surrounding the tail rotor gearbox. The shroud includes a shroud airframe having top and bottom portions. The tail rotor assembly includes a tail rotor gearbox support assembly configured to support the tail rotor gearbox within the shroud. The tail rotor gearbox support assembly includes a support column coupling the aft side of the tail rotor gearbox between the top and bottom portions of the shroud airframe, an upper support crossbar coupling the top side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe and a lower support crossbar coupling the bottom side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael Edwin Rinehart
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Publication number: 20210309365Abstract: A system is described and includes at least one track attached to an upper interior surface of a payload bay and extending along a bottom surface of a vehicle structure external to the payload bay, wherein the track comprises a horizontal flange; a rack moveably connected to the at least one track via at least one carrier assembly; and a payload actuator system for selectively extending the rack from the payload bay along the at least one track to a position from which payload carried by the rack may be safely deployed and retracting the rack into the payload bay along the at least one track.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Publication number: 20210309371Abstract: A system is described and includes a rack for carrying payload disposed in a payload bay; and a payload extension assembly for affecting linear translation of the rack between a first position in which the rack is fully retracted within the payload bay and a second position in which the payload extension assembly is fully extended and the rack is supported outside the payload bay. The payload extension assembly comprises forward and aft tracks respectively attached to forward and aft walls of the payload bay; a first stage for providing linear translation of the rack relative to the forward and aft tracks; and a second stage for providing linear translation of the rack relative to the first stage. The system further comprises a payload actuator system for selectively causing the rack extension assembly to move the rack between the first and second positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Publication number: 20210309370Abstract: A system is described and includes a rack for carrying payload disposed in payload bay; a rack extension assembly for affecting linear displacement of the rack between a first position in which the rack is stowed within the payload bay and a second position in which the rack is supported outside the payload bay; a payload actuator system for selectively causing the rack extension assembly to move the rack between the first and second positions; a payload bay door; and a door actuator system for selectively opening and closing the payload bay door.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Patent number: 11136121Abstract: A system is described and includes at least one track attached to an upper interior surface of a payload bay and extending along a bottom surface of a vehicle structure external to the payload bay, wherein the track comprises a horizontal flange; a rack moveably connected to the at least one track via at least one carrier assembly; and a payload actuator system for selectively extending the rack from the payload bay along the at least one track to a position from which payload carried by the rack may be safely deployed and retracting the rack into the payload bay along the at least one track.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael E. Rinehart, Franklin Foster Caldwell, Tjepke Heeringa
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Patent number: 11034440Abstract: A tail rotor assembly coupled to a tailboom of a helicopter includes a tail rotor gearbox having top, bottom and aft sides and a shroud surrounding the tail rotor gearbox. The shroud includes a shroud airframe having top and bottom portions. The tail rotor assembly includes a tail rotor gearbox support assembly configured to support the tail rotor gearbox within the shroud. The tail rotor gearbox support assembly includes a support column coupling the aft side of the tail rotor gearbox between the top and bottom portions of the shroud airframe, an upper support crossbar coupling the top side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe and a lower support crossbar coupling the bottom side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael Edwin Rinehart
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Publication number: 20200277049Abstract: A tail rotor assembly coupled to a tailboom of a helicopter includes a tail rotor gearbox having top, bottom and aft sides and a shroud surrounding the tail rotor gearbox. The shroud includes a shroud airframe having top and bottom portions. The tail rotor assembly includes a tail rotor gearbox support assembly configured to support the tail rotor gearbox within the shroud. The tail rotor gearbox support assembly includes a support column coupling the aft side of the tail rotor gearbox between the top and bottom portions of the shroud airframe, an upper support crossbar coupling the top side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe and a lower support crossbar coupling the bottom side of the tail rotor gearbox between the support column and the tailboom airframe.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2019Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Michael Edwin Rinehart
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Patent number: 10336459Abstract: An engine mount assembly for coupling an engine to an airframe. The engine mount assembly includes a torsion bar coupled between the engine and the airframe. The torsion bar includes an external spline. The engine mount assembly also includes a bell crank having a clamp forming an internal spline with the internal spline of the bell crank adapted to mate with the external spline of the torsion bar to secure the bell crank to the torsion bar such that the bell crank rotates with the torsion bar responsive to movements of the engine.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Bruce Bennett Bacon, Brett Rodney Zimmerman, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith
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Publication number: 20170217596Abstract: An engine mount assembly for coupling an engine to an airframe. The engine mount assembly includes a torsion bar coupled between the engine and the airframe. The torsion bar includes an external spline. The engine mount assembly also includes a bell crank having a clamp forming an internal spline with the internal spline of the bell crank adapted to mate with the external spline of the torsion bar to secure the bell crank to the torsion bar such that the bell crank rotates with the torsion bar responsive to movements of the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2017Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Bruce Bennett Bacon, Brett Rodney Zimmerman, Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith
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Patent number: D894814Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Michael Edwin Rinehart, Lynn Francis Eschete, Jason Paul Winter, Derek Ray Eddins, Steven Allen Robedeau, Jr., Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Mark Loring Isaac, Andrew Thomas Carter, Aaron Alexander Acee, Glenn Alan Shimek, Jared Mark Paulson, Andrew Paul Haldeman, Brent Chadwick Ross, Steven Ray Ivans
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Patent number: D896730Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: James Everett Kooiman, Michael Edwin Rinehart, Lynn Francis Eschete, Jason Paul Winter, Derek Ray Eddins, Steven Allen Robedeau, Jr., Clegg Benjamin Brian Smith, Andrew Thomas Carter, Aaron Alexander Acee, Andrew Paul Haldeman