Patents by Inventor James S. Wells
James S. Wells 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: 8839807Abstract: A rapid response self-closing pressure equalization vent employs a frame supported in a compartment divider and a movable vent portion having a periphery sealingly engaging the frame in a closed position. Multiple resilient extension elements are attached to the frame and engage the movable vent portion for even displacement around a periphery of the movable vent portion relative to the frame to an open position responsive to a pressure differential on the movable vent portion. The resilient extension elements retract upon equalization of the pressure differential to reseat the movable vent portion in the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Steven R. Kent, James S. Wells, John E. Kuhn
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Publication number: 20120085426Abstract: A rapid response self-closing pressure equalization vent employs a frame supported in a compartment divider and a movable vent portion having a periphery sealingly engaging the frame in a closed position. Multiple resilient extension elements are attached to the frame and engage the movable vent portion for even displacement around a periphery of the movable vent portion relative to the frame to an open position responsive to a pressure differential on the movable vent portion. The resilient extension elements retract upon equalization of the pressure differential to reseat the movable vent portion in the frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2010Publication date: April 12, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Steven R. Kent, James S. Wells, John E. Kuhn
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Patent number: 8006935Abstract: A cargo handling system and method employing a plurality of slide units and tracks. The tracks are mounted in or on a floor of a cargo area of a mobile platform, and also on a ramp of the mobile platform. The slide units slide within the tracks and enable container roll in, roll out platforms (CROPs) and 1077 flatracks to be slidably moved into and out from the cargo area. The slide units are arranged at the four corners of each CROP or 1077 flatrack and can be positively locked to a CROP or 1077 flatrack by a standard ISO twist lock assembly. The slide units eliminate the need for a K-loader and a crane to be present at the site where loading or unloading is to occur. Instead, suitable vehicles such a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTTs), which are more readily transported to remote cites, can be used to assist in slidably loading and offloading CROPs and 1077 flatracks.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James S. Wells, Anibal J. Garcia, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons, Thomas K. Reiner
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Patent number: 7673889Abstract: An apparatus for transporting and handling a cargo platform is provided. The apparatus includes a frame having a cradle beam that receives the cargo platform. The cradle beam supports a lower surface of the cargo platform. The apparatus further includes a locking mechanism operably associated with the cradle beam and actuates to securely fasten the cargo platform to the frame when the cargo platform is rested upon the cradle beam. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wheel assemblies for wheeling the frame along a ground surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James S. Wells, Anibal J. Garcia, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons, Benjamin A. Harber, Thomas K. Reiner
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Patent number: 7507061Abstract: A pallet system for loading and supporting cargo is provided. The pallet system includes a cargo pallet having an upper surface, a lower surface along with a pair of oppositely disposed longitudinal sides having forklift slots generally formed between the upper and lower surfaces, and a pair of oppositely disposed ends generally interconnecting said upper surface and said lower surface. A plurality of drop-down rails is configured to convert the lower surface from a flat bottom to a non-planar bottom. A plurality of extendable rails is used to extend a width of the cargo pallet. A locking mechanism enables the cargo pallet to be coupled to another cargo pallet. A collapsible bale arm assembly can be removed from the cargo pallet when the cargo pallet is stored.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2005Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James S. Wells, Anibal J. Garcia, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons
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Patent number: 7475175Abstract: An apparatus comprises a plurality of logically independent processors, a system bus, and a cache control and bus bridge device in communication with the plurality of processors such that the cache control and bus bridge device is logically interposed between the processors and the system bus, and wherein the processors and cache control and bus bridge device are disposed in a module form factor such that the apparatus is a drop-in replacement for a standard single processor module.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2004Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: David A. Klein, Christian L. Belady, Shaun L. Harris, Michael C. Day, Jeffrey P. Christenson, Brent A. Boudreaux, Stuart C. Haden, Eric Peterson, Jeffrey N. Metcalf, James S. Wells, Gary W. Williams, Paul A. Wirtzberger, Roy M. Zeighami, Greg Huff
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Publication number: 20080219830Abstract: A cargo handling system and method employing a plurality of slide units and tracks. The tracks are mounted in or on a floor of a cargo area of a mobile platform, and also on a ramp of the mobile platform. The slide units slide within the tracks and enable container roll in, roll out platforms (CROPs) and 1077 flatracks to be slidably moved into and out from the cargo area. The slide units are arranged at the four corners of each CROP or 1077 flatrack and can be positively locked to a CROP or 1077 flatrack by a standard ISO twist lock assembly. The slide units eliminate the need for a K-loader and a crane to be present at the site where loading or unloading is to occur. Instead, suitable vehicles such a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTTs), which are more readily transported to remote cites, can be used to assist in slidably loading and offloading CROPs and 1077 flatracks.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: James S. Wells, Anibal J. Garcia, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons, Thomas K. Reiner
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Publication number: 20040245397Abstract: A single transportation platform system capable of interfacing with standardized ISO containers, PLS truck-and-trailer systems, HSVs Fast Sealift Ships, and cargo aircraft's 463L rail and pallet locking systems. The system can be handled by a LHS equipped vehicle as a joined platform or separated into individual pallets and handled like a 463L pallet. The platform provides a pallet system that eliminates the need for a married pallet system to be used in the process of loading and supporting loads normally transported on standard CROPs when being transported on a cargo aircraft. The platform can be positioned directly on the roller assembly of a loading ramp of a cargo aircraft, such as a C-17 by a LHS equipped vehicle, so as to facilitate loading and unloading from the aircraft without the need for large cranes or K-loaders. The platform also permits combat offloads to be performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2003Publication date: December 9, 2004Inventors: Anibal J. Garcia, James S. Wells, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons
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Patent number: 6817578Abstract: A single transportation platform system capable of interfacing with standardized ISO containers, PLS truck-and-trailer systems, HSVs Fast Sealift Ships, and cargo aircraft's 463L rail and pallet locking systems. The system can be handled by a LHS equipped vehicle as a joined platform or separated into individual pallets and handled like a 463L pallet. The platform provides a pallet system that eliminates the need for a married pallet system to be used in the process of loading and supporting loads normally transported on standard CROPs when being transported on a cargo aircraft. The platform can be positioned directly on the roller assembly of a loading ramp of a cargo aircraft, such as a C-17 by a LHS equipped vehicle, so as to facilitate loading and unloading from the aircraft without the need for large cranes or K-loaders. The platform also permits combat offloads to be performed.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anibal J. Garcia, James S. Wells, Myles A. Rohrlick, John B. Simmons
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Publication number: 20040225821Abstract: An apparatus comprises a plurality of logically independent processors, a system bus, and a cache control and bus bridge device in communication with the plurality of processors such that the cache control and bus bridge device is logically interposed between the processors and the system bus, and wherein the processors and cache control and bus bridge device are disposed in a module form factor such that the apparatus is a drop-in replacement for a standard single processor module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2004Publication date: November 11, 2004Inventors: David A. Klein, Christian L. Belady, Shaun L. Harris, Michael C. Day, Jeffrey P. Christenson, Brent A. Boudreaux, Stuart C. Haden, Eric Peterson, Jeffrey N. Metcalf, James S. Wells, Gary W. Williams, Paul A. Wirtzberger, Roy M. Zeighami, Greg Huff
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Patent number: 5649414Abstract: A utility loop includes a loop of fiber which forms the loop core. The loop of fiber is made from a thread wrapped into a plurality of loops. The two loose ends of the thread can then optionally be tied together to form the loop of fiber. The outer loop cover of the utility loop is a tube of braided material, which surrounds loop of fiber. The tube of braided material has a tube axis running along a length of the tube of braided material. The tube of braided material includes a relatively small number of relatively large-diameter monofilament fibers, which are braided together in a tubular form. All of the relatively large-diameter mono-filament fibers are oriented to form acute angles with the tube axis. The two loose ends of the tube of braided material are connected together to form the utility loop. Specifically, a first opposing end of the tube of braided material is slipped over a second opposing end of the tube of braided material to thereby form an overlap.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1996Date of Patent: July 22, 1997Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corp.Inventors: Blaine K. Rawdon, James S. Wells, Myles A. Rohrlick
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Patent number: 5321574Abstract: A circuit breaker/surge arrestor package for plug-in installation in the space of two standard one-inch openings in a contemporary residential load center. The electrical and thermal characteristics of the components are selected such that a threshold of a substantially continuous current through a Metal Oxide Varistor in the surge arrestor causes the circuit breaker to trip magnetically before being able to trip thermally.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 1992Date of Patent: June 14, 1994Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.Inventors: John R. Patrick, James S. Wells
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Patent number: 4630018Abstract: A current transformer is provided for the electronic trip unit of a molded case circuit breaker. The current transformer has a core with a winding encoiled about the core and a bus spiraled about the core. The spiral bus establishes a current path from one end of the bus to the other which will conduct current through the core in a spiral fashion. The spiral bus design effectively rotates the bus 90 degrees achieving a narrow transformer design which fits into the electronic trip unit without increasing the width of the trip unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 1985Date of Patent: December 16, 1986Assignee: Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.Inventors: William E. May, Ronald W. McKinney, James S. Wells