Patents by Inventor Jay Pierson

Jay Pierson 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).

  • Patent number: 10899456
    Abstract: An apparatus for dynamically tilting a seatpan in an aircraft passenger seating assembly includes a seat frame, seatback, seat cushion, and cushion support structure (e.g., a seatpan), the seat cushion and seatpan together having a forward end and a rear end and together supporting a passenger occupying the seating assembly. Accelerometers may detect an inertial event such as a rapid deceleration that may cause the passenger to pitch forward; dynamic seatpan actuators (e.g., airbags or ballistic devices) connected to the accelerometers react to the inertial event by detonating, driving the seatpan and seat cushion upward. As a result, the head path of the passenger may be redirected upward, alleviating the risk of passenger injury and component damage. Additional airbags may react to the inertial event by tightening the passenger seatbelt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy Penley, Jeff B. Thompson, Bradley Barg, Jay Pierson-Moonan
  • Patent number: 10689118
    Abstract: A device for controlling the breakover rate of a seatback in response to a dynamic event (regulating the breakover velocity so as to achieve optimal velocity differential to the impact velocity of a passenger's head impacting with the seatback) is attachable to the seatback and to the seat frame; when a breakover event is triggered, the passage of a head injury criterion (HIC) pin through a controlled traveling slot is impeded by energy absorbing materials selected, e.g. for material composition and structure, to restrict the breakover velocity of the seatback to optimize velocity differential between the breakover velocity and the impact velocity by engaging the HIC pin and deforming at a predetermined deformation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Pierson-Moonan, Gregory J. Simecek, Bradley Barg, Jeff B. Thompson, Courtney James, Chad K. Hatch, Jonathon Jarvis
  • Patent number: 10414501
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat having a dynamic breakover assembly includes a seat bottom frame and a seat back pivotally-mounted to the seat bottom frame that allows the angle of the seat back relative to the seat bottom frame to be varied from an upright taxi takeoff and landing (TTOL) position to a reclined position. The seat may include a means for sensing acceleration corresponding to a force indicative of an abnormal event; and a breakover mechanism coupled to the seat bottom frame and the seat back in which the means for sensing acceleration is coupled to the breakover mechanism. The breakover mechanism can prevent movement of the seat back in a forward direction past the TTOL position during normal use, and permit forward movement of at least a portion of the seat back in the forward direction past the TTOL position upon activation by the means for sensing acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeff Thompson, Jay Pierson, Brad Barg, Travis Finlay, Thomas Martz, Neng Yue, Dennis Hedrick, Randy Penley
  • Publication number: 20190106215
    Abstract: An apparatus for dynamically tilting a seatpan in an aircraft passenger seating assembly includes a seat frame, seatback, seat cushion, and cushion support structure (e.g., a seatpan), the seat cushion and seatpan together having a forward end and a rear end and together supporting a passenger occupying the seating assembly. Accelerometers may detect an inertial event such as a rapid deceleration that may cause the passenger to pitch forward; dynamic seatpan actuators (e.g., airbags or ballistic devices) connected to the accelerometers react to the inertial event by detonating, driving the seatpan and seat cushion upward. As a result, the head path of the passenger may be redirected upward, alleviating the risk of passenger injury and component damage. Additional airbags may react to the inertial event by tightening the passenger seatbelt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Randy Penley, Jeff B. Thompson, Bradley Barg, Jay Pierson-Moonan
  • Publication number: 20190031352
    Abstract: A device for controlling the breakover rate of a seatback in response to a dynamic event (regulating the breakover velocity so as to achieve optimal velocity differential to the impact velocity of a passenger's head impacting with the seatback) is attachable to the seatback and to the seat frame; when a breakover event is triggered, the passage of a head injury criterion (HIC) pin through a controlled traveling slot is impeded by energy absorbing materials selected, e.g. for material composition and structure, to restrict the breakover velocity of the seatback to optimize velocity differential between the breakover velocity and the impact velocity by engaging the HIC pin and deforming at a predetermined deformation rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jay Pierson-Moonan, Gregory J. Simecek, Bradley Barg, Jeff B. Thompson, Courtney James, Chad K. Hatch, Jonathon Jarvis
  • Publication number: 20180346125
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat having a dynamic breakover assembly includes a seat bottom frame and a seat back pivotally-mounted to the seat bottom frame that allows the angle of the seat back relative to the seat bottom frame to be varied from an upright taxi takeoff and landing (TTOL) position to a reclined position. The seat may include a means for sensing acceleration corresponding to a force indicative of an abnormal event; and a breakover mechanism coupled to the seat bottom frame and the seat back in which the means for sensing acceleration is coupled to the breakover mechanism. The breakover mechanism can prevent movement of the seat back in a forward direction past the TTOL position during normal use, and permit forward movement of at least a portion of the seat back in the forward direction past the TTOL position upon activation by the means for sensing acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Jeff Thompson, Jay Pierson, Brad Barg, Travis Finlay, Thomas Martz, Neng Yue, Dennis Hedrick, Randy Penley