Patents by Inventor Donald E. Turner

Donald E. Turner 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).

  • Reconfigurable integration test station
    Patent number: 6269319
    Abstract: An integration test station for aircraft is provided in which the system is operable with multiple aircraft configurations. The integration test station permits aircraft component designs to be tested and verified in a simulated environment representing integration of the component into the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: The McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan C. Neisch, Donald E. Turner
  • Alternative refrigerant including hexafluoropropylene
    Patent number: 6258292
    Abstract: An alternative refrigerant to chlorofluorocarbons and their substitutes such as R-12 and R-134a and for R-22, and demonstrating improved performance as a refrigerant than those substituted for while having the properties of being nontoxic, non-corrosive, nonflammable and safer to the environment including a blend of one or more of fluorocarbons known in the industry as R-1216 and R-22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventor: Donald E. Turner
  • A non-flammable refrigerant fluid containing hexa fluoropropane and hydrocarbons
    Patent number: 5714083
    Abstract: A refrigerant fluid which is non-flammable, non-toxic, non-corrosive, ozone-safe and odorless comprising mixtures of: (1) one or more hydrocarbons having C-1 through C-6 molecular make-up; (2) fluorocarbon 1216, having the CAS designation 116-15-4; and (3) a friction modifier made of severely hydrotreated light naphthenic distillate (petro.) having the CAS designation 64742-53-6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventor: Donald E. Turner