Patents by Inventor Donald C. Fetterhoff

Donald C. Fetterhoff 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: 5240543
    Abstract: A fastener insert attached to a mounting fixture is inserted into a hole drilled in a honeycomb panel. The mounting fixture has a rod with a disc at an end depending from a base and a chimney ascending from the base. Two bores are located in the base and are enclosed by the chimney. The mounting fixture base overlaps the head of the fastener insert which has two bores in the head. The bores in the fastener insert head are aligned with bores in the base of the mounting fixture. Epoxy is inserted into one of the bores in the base of the mounting fixture continuously until it returns out the second bore. The epoxy is allowed to cure and thereafter the mounting fixture is removed by a turning motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1993
    Assignee: ATR International, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald C. Fetterhoff, Hien D. Do
  • Patent number: 4799631
    Abstract: Two arcuate panel sections having a dampening layer between two honeycomb layers form a module which is mounted in multiple elastomeric isolators located within channel members. Support brackets attached to the interior of the aircraft skin support the channels in the overhead area and along the port and starboard deck edge. The module is thereby spaced apart from the aircraft frame. There is a resulting diminution of acoustic transmission from the aircraft frame to its interior passenger area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: ATR International, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Humphries, Donald C. Fetterhoff, William R. Higgins
  • Patent number: 4729601
    Abstract: A seat adjustment and locking mechanism employs a pedestal permanently affixed to the deck and having a bore on its top frame member to engage a through bolt. The bolt supports a pin pad with a multiplicity of small pins on its top surface. A seat frame bottom wall containing a slot moves around the bolt and pin pad. A panel containing small holes is located within the seat frame. In a relaxed position the panel rests on the pin pad and causes engagement of the pins with the holes on the bottom surface of the panel to secure the seat in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1988
    Assignee: ATR International, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin Walle, Donald C. Fetterhoff, William R. Higgins