Patents by Inventor Eric S. Lynch

Eric S. Lynch 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).

  • Dynamic load-absorbing material and articles
    Patent number: 9394959
    Abstract: Dynamic load-absorbing materials suitable for use as cushion-type and armor-type materials, for example, of types that can be incorporated into protective gear, equipment, armor, vehicles, and various other structures, or used for the isolation and dissipation of vibratory loads, such as vibration isolators used to support avionic equipment. The impact-absorbing materials include a matrix material (22) and at least first and second sets of inclusions (which can be either included material or voids) (24) in the matrix material (22) that define a hierarchy of inclusions (24) in the matrix material (22). The inclusions (24) differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions (24) are deformed under load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Eric Allen Nauman, Evan Louis Breedlove, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Eric S. Lynch
  • DYNAMIC LOAD-ABSORBING MATERIAL AND ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140196998
    Abstract: Dynamic load-absorbing materials suitable for use as cushion-type and armor-type materials, for example, of types that can be incorporated into protective gear, equipment, armor, vehicles, and various other structures, or used for the isolation and dissipation of vibratory loads, such as vibration isolators used to support avionic equipment. The impact-absorbing materials include a matrix material (22) and at least first and second sets of inclusions (which can be either included material or voids) (24) in the matrix material (22) that define a hierarchy of inclusions (24) in the matrix material (22). The inclusions (24) differ in size, quantity, shape and/or composition in a direction through the impact-absorbing material, the combination of which contributes to the ability of the material to exhibit at least one property that changes as the inclusions (24) are deformed under load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Eric Allen Nauman, Evan Louis Breedlove, Anne Dye Zakrajsek, Eric S. Lynch
  • Swinging hub for adjusting wheel camber
    Patent number: 7845666
    Abstract: A swinging hub is disclosed for adjusting the camber of at least one wheel mounted for rotation about one of a two oppositely extending axles via a camber adjustment mechanism including an actuator coupled to the at least one axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric S. Lynch, Anthony P. Beach
  • Swinging hub for adjusting wheel camber
    Publication number: 20070205576
    Abstract: A swinging hub is disclosed for adjusting the camber of at least one wheel mounted for rotation about one of a two oppositely extending axles via a camber adjustment mechanism including an actuator coupled to the at least one axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 6, 2007
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Eric S. Lynch, Anthony P. Beach