Patents by Inventor Craig H. Emerson

Craig H. Emerson 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).

  • Anti-resonant panels
    Patent number: 11315538
    Abstract: Noise insulation may be provided by an anti-resonant panel that includes a base panel including a base panel core material and two base panel face sheets, where each of the two base panel face sheets is adjacent to an opposite side of the base panel core material. The anti-resonant panel further includes at least one stiffener-member positioned along the base panel in a defined area of the base panel, where the defined area is less than a full area of the base panel. The stiffener-member includes a stiffener-member core having a top surface, a bottom surface in contact with the base panel, a plurality of cells having walls that extend from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a stiffener-member face sheet that is seamlessly integrated with the walls of the plurality of cells along the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shane G. McKinley, Charles William Kirchner, Adam R Weston, Josh Montgomery, Craig H. Emerson, Michael C. Messersmith
  • Integrally damped composite aircraft floor panels
    Patent number: 11052987
    Abstract: A sound-damping panel. The sound-damping panel includes a first face sheet. The sound-damping panel also includes a core connected to the first face sheet. The core has a honeycomb structure. Walls of the honeycomb structure are embedded with a viscoelastic material configured to dampen sound in a pre-selected frequency range. The sound-damping panel also includes a second face sheet connected to the core, the second face sheet opposite the first face sheet relative to the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Craig H. Emerson, Josh M. Montgomery, Adam Robert Weston
  • ANTI-RESONANT PANELS
    Publication number: 20200074973
    Abstract: Noise insulation may be provided by an anti-resonant panel that includes a base panel including a base panel core material and two base panel face sheets, where each of the two base panel face sheets is adjacent to an opposite side of the base panel core material. The anti-resonant panel further includes at least one stiffener-member positioned along the base panel in a defined area of the base panel, where the defined area is less than a full area of the base panel. The stiffener-member includes a stiffener-member core having a top surface, a bottom surface in contact with the base panel, a plurality of cells having walls that extend from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a stiffener-member face sheet that is seamlessly integrated with the walls of the plurality of cells along the top surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Shane G. McKinley, Charles William Kirchner, Adam R. Weston, Josh Montgomery, Craig H. Emerson, Michael C. Messersmith
  • INTEGRALLY DAMPED COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT FLOOR PANELS
    Publication number: 20190367150
    Abstract: A sound-damping panel. The sound-damping panel includes a first face sheet. The sound-damping panel also includes a core connected to the first face sheet. The core has a honeycomb structure. Walls of the honeycomb structure are embedded with a viscoelastic material configured to dampen sound in a pre-selected frequency range. The sound-damping panel also includes a second face sheet connected to the core, the second face sheet opposite the first face sheet relative to the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Craig H. Emerson, Joshua M. Montgomery, Adam Robert Weston