Patents by Inventor DUSTIN J. WIMMER

DUSTIN J. WIMMER 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).

  • Publication number: 20250128820
    Abstract: An equipment cabinet for an aircraft cockpit or aircraft test cockpit is provided. The equipment cabinet includes at least one of a plurality of sliders or a plurality of rollers coupled to the equipment cabinet. The at least one of the plurality of sliders or the plurality of rollers are configured to engage with at least one rail assembly of a removed ejection seat. The at least one rail assembly defining a channel configured to receive the at least one of the plurality of sliders or the plurality of rollers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Dustin J. Wimmer
  • Patent number: 12162609
    Abstract: A pitot tube restraint system is disclosed herein. The pitot tube restrain system includes an outer shaft, a pitot tube coupled to a first end of the outer shaft and extending outward from the outer shaft, a torsion spring disposed around the outer shaft, a stop pad coupled to the first end of the outer shaft, a base disposed adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, an inner shaft having disposed through the outer shaft, a first end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the stop pad and a second end of the inner shaft rotationally coupled to the base, a pawl disposed around the inner shaft and adjacent the second end of the outer shaft, the pawl configured to engage the second end of the outer shaft to prevent the pitot tube from rotating in a first direction, and a pawl spring disposed around the inner shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Dustin J. Wimmer, Jeffrey Rosado
  • Patent number: 11993386
    Abstract: An ejection system may comprise an ejection seat and a smart deployment system configured to initiate a deployment of the ejection seat. The smart deployment system may comprise a pilot health monitoring system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of physiological conditions, and a controller configured to make ejection system decisions based on a pilot health signal received from the pilot health monitoring system and an aircraft health signal output from an aircraft health monitoring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: AMI INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harish Venkatesha, Ashish Vijay, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Glen Shaw, Dustin J. Wimmer
  • Patent number: 11618577
    Abstract: A drogue bridle attachment assembly may comprise a housing, a lock pin, jackscrew gear pin, and a drive gear pin. The housing may define a bridle opening. The lock pin may be configured to translate into the bridle opening. The jackscrew gear pin may include a threaded portion and a gear portion. The threaded portion may engage a threaded opening in the lock pin. The drive gear pin may include a drive gear portion intermeshed with the gear portion of the jackscrew gear pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin J. Wimmer, Glen Shaw
  • Publication number: 20220127008
    Abstract: An ejection system may comprise an ejection seat and a smart deployment system configured to initiate a deployment of the ejection seat. The smart deployment system may comprise a pilot health monitoring system including a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of physiological conditions, and a controller configured to make ejection system decisions based on a pilot health signal received from the pilot health monitoring system and an aircraft health signal output from an aircraft health monitoring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: AMI INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Harish Venkatesha, Ashish Vijay, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Glen Shaw, Dustin J. Wimmer
  • Publication number: 20220097855
    Abstract: A drogue bridle attachment assembly may comprise a housing, a lock pin, jackscrew gear pin, and a drive gear pin. The housing may define a bridle opening. The lock pin may be configured to translate into the bridle opening. The jackscrew gear pin may include a threaded portion and a gear portion. The threaded portion may engage a threaded opening in the lock pin. The drive gear pin may include a drive gear portion intermeshed with the gear portion of the jackscrew gear pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: DUSTIN J. WIMMER, Glen Shaw