Patents by Inventor Giles Horban

Giles Horban 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).

  • Aircraft brake health monitoring system and method
    Patent number: 9242628
    Abstract: A system method of estimating health of aircraft brake system friction material includes sensing a temperature of the friction material, and supplying the sensed temperature to a processor-implemented thermal model that is configured to estimate friction material temperatures at one or more locations on the friction material. The estimates of friction material temperatures are supplied to a processor-implemented thermal oxidation model that is configured, based on the estimates of friction material temperatures, to estimate friction material loss due to thermal oxidation. Data representative of runway fluid exposure are supplied to a processor-implemented catalytic oxidation model that is configured, based on the runway fluid exposure, to estimate friction material loss due to catalytic oxidation. The health of the friction material is estimated based on the estimates of friction material loss from the processor-implemented thermal oxidation model and the processor-implemented catalytic oxidation model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Dinkar Mylaraswamy, Andrew Peter Vechart, Mark E. Behnke, Richard Rateick, Jr., Emmanuel Obiesie Nwadiogbu, Giles Horban, Matthew Brown
  • AIRCRAFT BRAKE HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20150025735
    Abstract: A system method of estimating health of aircraft brake system friction material includes sensing a temperature of the friction material, and supplying the sensed temperature to a processor-implemented thermal model that is configured to estimate friction material temperatures at one or more locations on the friction material. The estimates of friction material temperatures are supplied to a processor-implemented thermal oxidation model that is configured, based on the estimates of friction material temperatures, to estimate friction material loss due to thermal oxidation. Data representative of runway fluid exposure are supplied to a processor-implemented catalytic oxidation model that is configured, based on the runway fluid exposure, to estimate friction material loss due to catalytic oxidation. The health of the friction material is estimated based on the estimates of friction material loss from the processor-implemented thermal oxidation model and the processor-implemented catalytic oxidation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dinkar Mylaraswamy, Andrew Peter Vechart, Mark E. Behnke, Richard Rateick, Jr., Emmanuel Obiesie Nwadiogbu, Giles Horban, Matthew Brown