Patents by Inventor Doug Mueller
Doug Mueller 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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Patent number: 10408544Abstract: A system and method to transfer heat energy through a composite structure. The system includes a heat pipe extending through a thickness of the composite material. The method includes extending a heat pipe through the composite material from a first surface exposed to the heat energy to a second surface exposed to airflow.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2014Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Inventors: Doug Mueller, Brian S. Modrzejewski, Brad Ekstrom, Scott Gardner, David Elliott
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Patent number: 10371243Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gear includes a steel portion that is oriented on a center axis. The steel portion includes a hub, a cylindrical rim, a web, and a plurality of engagement features. The hub is centered about the center axis. The rim has an exterior surface and an interior surface that surrounds the hub and is centered about the center axis. The web extends from an exterior surface of the hub to the interior surface of the rim. The engagement features are on the exterior surface of the cylindrical rim. The gear also includes a first composite piece adjacent to a first side of the web, the first composite piece extending from the hub to the interior surface of the rim, wherein the first composite piece does not extend past the hub towards the center axis.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Brian Modrzejewski, Doug Mueller, Brad Ekstrom, Robert P. Wardlaw
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Patent number: 9964184Abstract: A variable state planetary shifting transmission can include an input shaft, an output shaft; and a planetary system having a sun gear associated with the input shaft, a planetary carrier, and a ring gear associated with a ring housing. The transmission can include an overrunning clutch operably coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission can include a clutch assembly coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission is capable of changing the speed ratio between the input shaft and the output shaft by selective engagement of the clutch assembly against the ring gear which can cause either the freeing or locking of the planetary carrier by the overrunning clutch.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Brian Stanley Modrzejewski, Russell Mueller, Doug Mueller, Ron Woods, Tim Cecil
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Patent number: 9792348Abstract: Overlay datasets provide an efficient, flexible and scalable mechanism to represent the logical replication of one or more prior defined datasets. Only changes made to an entity in an overlay dataset's underlying dataset are replicated into the overlay dataset (such changes do not affect the underlying dataset). Read operations directed to the overlay dataset will find entities in the overlay dataset if they exist and in the underlying dataset(s) if no overlay-specific entity exists. Accordingly, overlay datasets provide an efficient mechanism for making changes to an existing dataset without suffering the high processing time and storage overhead associated with prior art copying and versioning techniques. Overlay datasets also provide a natural mechanism to keep two or more datasets in synchronization because changes to a base or underlying dataset's entities are “visible” in its associated overlay dataset (unless the entity has been modified in the overlay dataset).Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.Inventors: Doug Mueller, Jiani Chen
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Publication number: 20160363206Abstract: According to one embodiment, a gear includes a steel portion that is oriented on a center axis. The steel portion includes a hub, a cylindrical rim, a web, and a plurality of engagement features. The hub is centered about the center axis. The rim has an exterior surface and an interior surface that surrounds the hub and is centered about the center axis. The web extends from an exterior surface of the hub to the interior surface of the rim. The engagement features are on the exterior surface of the cylindrical rim. The gear also includes a first composite piece adjacent to a first side of the web, the first composite piece extending from the hub to the interior surface of the rim, wherein the first composite piece does not extend past the hub towards the center axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2015Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Brian Modrzejewski, Doug Mueller, Brad Ekstrom, Bob Wardlaw
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Publication number: 20160076629Abstract: A variable state planetary shifting transmission can include an input shaft, an output shaft; and a planetary system having a sun gear associated with the input shaft, a planetary carrier, and a ring gear associated with a ring housing. The transmission can include an overrunning clutch operably coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission can include a clutch assembly coupled to the planetary carrier. The transmission is capable of changing the speed ratio between the input shaft and the output shaft by selective engagement of the clutch assembly against the ring gear which can cause either the freeing or locking of the planetary carrier by the overrunning clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Brian Stanley Modrzejewski, Russell Mueller, Doug Mueller, Ron Woods, Tim Cecil
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Publication number: 20150338170Abstract: A system and method to transfer heat energy through a composite structure. The system includes a heat pipe extending through a thickness of the composite material. The method includes extending a heat pipe through the composite material from a first surface exposed to the heat energy to a second surface exposed to airflow.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2014Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Doug Mueller, Brian S. Modrzejewski, Brad Ekstrom, Scott Gardner, David Elliott
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Publication number: 20130117997Abstract: A system and method for installing a fastener rod is provided. In one embodiment a fastener rod starter apparatus is provided and may include a first end for engaging a fastener rod, a second end for insertion into an insertion hole, and an elongated body of closed cell foam having sufficiently low density and high compressibility to displace fluid in the insertion hole and be compressed to allow installation of the fastener rod into the insertion hole. A method for installing a fastener rod may include lubricating an insertion hole with a fluid and inserting a starter element into the insertion hole. The starter element may have sufficiently low density and high compressibility to displace the fluid in the insertion hole and be compressed by the fastener rod inserted into the insertion hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Ryan T. Ehinger, Wayland Hill, Doug Mueller
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Publication number: 20100179945Abstract: Data is often populated into Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) from different sources. Because the data can come from a variety of sources, it may have inconsistencies—and may even be incomplete. A Normalization Engine (NE) may be able to automatically clean up the incoming data based on certain rules and knowledge. In one embodiment, the NE takes each Configuration Item (CI) or group of CIs that are to be normalized and applies a rule or a set of rules to see if the data may be cleaned up, and, if so, updates the CI or group of CIs accordingly. In particular, one embodiment may allow for the CI's data to be normalized by doing a look up against a Product Catalog and/or an Alias Catalog. In another embodiment, the NE architecture could be fully extensible, allowing for the creation of custom, rules-based plug-ins by users and/or third parties.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2010Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: BMC Software, Inc.Inventors: Govindarajan Rangarajan, Darius Wallace, Narayan Kumar, Doug Mueller
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Patent number: 7685167Abstract: A reference instance for use in a configuration management system is a configuration item that may be associated with a number of assets, all of which share a common set of attributes. The use of reference instances permits a single configuration item to identify a potentially large number of assets. This may be particularly useful for identifying and tracking low-priority assets where the detail or amount of information needed to effectively track and manage the asset is relatively small. Use of reference instance configuration items allows an organization to identify and manage virtually all of their assets without the cost and effort of creating large numbers of substantially identical configuration items.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: BMC Software, Inc.Inventor: Doug Mueller
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Publication number: 20080183724Abstract: A reference instance for use in a configuration management system is a configuration item that may be associated with a number of assets, all of which share a common set of attributes. The use of reference instances permits a single configuration item to identify a potentially large number of assets. This may be particularly useful for identifying and tracking low-priority assets where the detail or amount of information needed to effectively track and manage the asset is relatively small. Use of reference instance configuration items allows an organization to identify and manage virtually all of their assets without the cost and effort of creating large numbers of substantially identical configuration items.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Applicant: BMC Software, Inc.Inventor: Doug Mueller
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Publication number: 20070282810Abstract: Overlay datasets provide an efficient, flexible and scalable mechanism to represent the logical replication of one or more prior defined datasets. Only changes made to an entity in an overlay dataset's underlying dataset are replicated into the overlay dataset (such changes do not affect the underlying dataset). Read operations directed to the overlay dataset will find entities in the overlay dataset if they exist and in the underlying dataset(s) if no overlay-specific entity exists. Accordingly, overlay datasets provide an efficient mechanism for making changes to an existing dataset without suffering the high processing time and storage overhead associated with prior art copying and versioning techniques. Overlay datasets also provide a natural mechanism to keep two or more datasets in synchronization because changes to a base or underlying dataset's entities are “visible” in its associated overlay dataset (unless the entity has been modified in the overlay dataset).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: BMC SOFTWARE, INC.Inventors: Doug Mueller, Jiani Chen
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Publication number: 20070282856Abstract: A database federation mechanism permits one or more applications external to the database to be registered. Applications so registered may be automatically invoked in response to database queries—where such invocation utilizes data from specific database entries.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2006Publication date: December 6, 2007Applicant: BMC Software, Inc.Inventors: Doug Mueller, Jiani Chen