Patents by Inventor Hugh Poling
Hugh Poling 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: 10293915Abstract: A window assembly for an aircraft is provided that includes a windshield, a side window, a post, and an airflow surface. The windshield is oriented toward a front of the aircraft. The side window is oriented toward a side of the aircraft. The post is interposed between the windshield and the side window. The airflow surface is disposed on the post and on an exterior of the aircraft. The airflow surface extends along a length from a leading edge proximate the windshield to a trailing edge proximate the side window, and extends along a height between a top and a bottom. The airflow surface has a first radius of curvature proximate the leading edge and a second radius of curvature proximate the trailing edge, wherein the first radius of curvature is less than the second radius of curvature.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Randal H. Smith, Philippe R. Spalart, Stephen T. LeDoux, Hugh Poling, Jerald C. Baillie
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Publication number: 20180162512Abstract: A window assembly for an aircraft is provided that includes a windshield, a side window, a post, and an airflow surface. The windshield is oriented toward a front of the aircraft. The side window is oriented toward a side of the aircraft. The post is interposed between the windshield and the side window. The airflow surface is disposed on the post and on an exterior of the aircraft. The airflow surface extends along a length from a leading edge proximate the windshield to a trailing edge proximate the side window, and extends along a height between a top and a bottom. The airflow surface has a first radius of curvature proximate the leading edge and a second radius of curvature proximate the trailing edge, wherein the first radius of curvature is less than the second radius of curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Randal H. Smith, Philippe R. Spalart, Stephen T. LeDoux, Hugh Poling, Jerald C. Baillie
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Patent number: 9045216Abstract: Vibration-damping blankets are attached to the back surfaces of fairing panels of a flight vehicle (e.g., an aircraft or spacecraft) to reduce vibration, fatigue, structure and airborne transmitted energy, and cabin noise. In one case, the flight vehicle fairing has an exterior comprising exterior surfaces of a multiplicity of removable panels. A method of retrofitting the flight vehicle with vibration-damping blankets comprises: removing a panel from the flight vehicle exterior; attaching a vibration-damping blanket to a back surface of the removed panel; and installing the panel with attached vibration-damping blanket on the flight vehicle with the exterior surface of the panel forming part of the flight vehicle exterior. In one embodiment, the vibration-damping blanket comprises polymeric (e.g., aromatic polyamide) fibers in a nonwoven structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Justin Christenson, Herbert L. Hoffman, Juhn-Shyue Lin, Gary R. Chewning, Alan Edgar Landmann, Adrian Viisoreanu, Hugh Poling, Balamurugan R. Annamalai, Justin D. Kearns, Jason Alexander Gordon
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Publication number: 20140361120Abstract: Vibration-damping blankets are attached to the back surfaces of fairing panels of a flight vehicle (e.g., an aircraft or spacecraft) to reduce vibration, fatigue, structure and airborne transmitted energy, and cabin noise. In one case, the flight vehicle fairing has an exterior comprising exterior surfaces of a multiplicity of removable panels. A method of retrofitting the flight vehicle with vibration-damping blankets comprises: removing a panel from the flight vehicle exterior; attaching a vibration-damping blanket to a back surface of the removed panel; and installing the panel with attached vibration-damping blanket on the flight vehicle with the exterior surface of the panel forming part of the flight vehicle exterior. In one embodiment, the vibration-damping blanket comprises polymeric (e.g., aromatic polyamide) fibers in a nonwoven structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Justin Christenson, Herbert L. Hoffman, Juhn-Shyue Lin, Gary R. Chewning, Alan Edgar Landmann, Adrian Viisoreanu, Hugh Poling, Balamurugan R. Annamalai, Justin D. Kearns, Jason Alexander Gordon
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Patent number: 8752783Abstract: A fairing includes a fairing body having a fairing interior and an interior surface and a spray-on insulation foam layer provided on the interior surface of the fairing body.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John-Shyue Lin, Herbert L Hoffman, Hugh Poling
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Publication number: 20120325966Abstract: Vibration-damping blankets are attached to the back surfaces of fairing panels of a flight vehicle (e.g., an aircraft or spacecraft) to reduce vibration, fatigue, structure and airborne transmitted energy, and cabin noise. In one case, the flight vehicle fairing has an exterior comprising exterior surfaces of a multiplicity of removable panels. A method of retrofitting the flight vehicle with vibration-damping blankets comprises: removing a panel from the flight vehicle exterior; attaching a vibration-damping blanket to a back surface of the removed panel; and installing the panel with attached vibration-damping blanket on the flight vehicle with the exterior surface of the panel forming part of the flight vehicle exterior. In one embodiment, the vibration-damping blanket comprises polymeric (e.g., aromatic polyamide) fibers in a nonwoven structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Justin Christenson, Herbert L. Hoffman, Juhn-Shyue Lin, Gary R. Chewning, Alan Edgar Landmann, Adrian Viisoreanu, Hugh Poling, Balamurugan R. Annamalai, Justin D. Kearns, Jason Alexander Gordon
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Patent number: 8292214Abstract: A wing-to-body fairing for aircraft is formed from a sandwich structure having integrated vibration damping.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Juhn-Shyue Lin, Herbert L. Hoffman, Gary R. Chewning, Melvin Kosanchick, III, Hugh Poling
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Patent number: 8056850Abstract: A wing-to-body fairing for reducing noise due to wing-to-body fairing vibrations in an aircraft, spacecraft, or vehicle may include a honeycomb center having a cavity which is at least partially filled with particle material.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Juhn-Shyue Lin, Herbert L. Hoffman, Gary R. Chewning, Melvin Kosanchick, III, Hugh Poling
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Publication number: 20090184200Abstract: A wing-to-body fairing for aircraft is formed from a sandwich structure having integrated vibration damping.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2009Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Juhn-Shyue Lin, Herbert L. Hoffman, Gary R. Chewning, Melvin Kosanchick, III, Hugh Poling
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Publication number: 20090184206Abstract: A wing-to-body fairing for reducing noise due to wing-to-body fairing vibrations in an aircraft, spacecraft, or vehicle may include a honeycomb center having a cavity which is at least partially filled with particle material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: July 23, 2009Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: JUHN-SHYUE LIN, HERBERT L. HOFFMAN, GARY R. CHEWNING, MELVIN KOSANCHICK, III, HUGH POLING
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Publication number: 20090078820Abstract: In one embodiment, a wing-to-body fairing for reducing noise due to wing-to-body fairing vibrations in at least one of an aircraft and a spacecraft comprises a honeycomb center comprising a cavity which is substantially filled with foam material.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2007Publication date: March 26, 2009Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: JUHN-SHYUE LIN, HERBERT L. HOFFMAN, GARY R. CHEWNING, MELVIN KOSANCHICK, HUGH POLING