Patents by Inventor Gabor KAFKA

Gabor KAFKA 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).

  • Portable test stand and method for testing aircraft engines
    Patent number: 11874196
    Abstract: A portable attitude test stand (PATS) for an aircraft engine, has: a support frame mountable on a trailer of a road vehicle; a test cell supported by the support frame and sized to receive the aircraft engine, the test cell operable to rotate the aircraft engine about a pitch axis and a roll axis of the aircraft engine; and an actuator operatively connected to the test cell and to the support frame, the actuator operable to lower and raise the test cell relative to the support frame between a transport configuration in which the test cell has a transport height and a test configuration in which the test cell has a test height, the test height being greater than the transport height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Douglas Monahan, Gabor Kafka
  • PORTABLE TEST STAND FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20220404234
    Abstract: A portable attitude test stand (PATS) for an aircraft engine, has: a support frame mountable on a trailer of a road vehicle; a test cell supported by the support frame and sized to receive the aircraft engine, the test cell operable to rotate the aircraft engine about a pitch axis and a roll axis of the aircraft engine; and an actuator operatively connected to the test cell and to the support frame, the actuator operable to lower and raise the test cell relative to the support frame between a transport configuration in which the test cell has a transport height and a test configuration in which the test cell has a test height, the test height being greater than the transport height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas MONAHAN, Gabor KAFKA
  • Portable test stand for aircraft engines
    Patent number: 11460373
    Abstract: A portable attitude test stand (PATS) for an aircraft engine, has: a support frame mountable on a trailer of a road vehicle; a test cell supported by the support frame and sized to receive the aircraft engine, the test cell operable to rotate the aircraft engine about a pitch axis and a roll axis of the aircraft engine; and an actuator operatively connected to the test cell and to the support frame, the actuator operable to lower and raise the test cell relative to the support frame between a transport configuration in which the test cell has a transport height and a test configuration in which the test cell has a test height, the test height being greater than the transport height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Douglas Monahan, Gabor Kafka
  • PORTABLE TEST STAND FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Publication number: 20220074815
    Abstract: A portable attitude test stand (PATS) for an aircraft engine, has: a support frame mountable on a trailer of a road vehicle; a test cell supported by the support frame and sized to receive the aircraft engine, the test cell operable to rotate the aircraft engine about a pitch axis and a roll axis of the aircraft engine; and an actuator operatively connected to the test cell and to the support frame, the actuator operable to lower and raise the test cell relative to the support frame between a transport configuration in which the test cell has a transport height and a test configuration in which the test cell has a test height, the test height being greater than the transport height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Douglas MONAHAN, Gabor KAFKA