Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Wayne Weathers

Jeffrey Wayne Weathers 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).

  • Liquid-mechanical isolator
    Patent number: 11466750
    Abstract: Shock and vibration isolators and their use to isolate loads from vibration and shock, where the isolators include a fluid spring assembly and a mechanical spring assembly, where the fluid spring assembly and the mechanical spring assembly are arranged in series. The mechanical spring assembly includes a first spring and a second spring arranged so that compression of the mechanical spring assembly simultaneously directly compresses the first spring and indirectly compresses the second spring via an intermediate actuator, such that the first and second spring are compressed in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Harry Kendall Warden, Jeffrey Wayne Weathers
  • COLLET ASSEMBLY OF AN UMBILICAL PLATE THAT COUPLES A LAUNCH VEHICLE TO A GROUND STATION
    Publication number: 20220267034
    Abstract: A collet assembly, for an umbilical plate that connects a vehicle to a ground station prior to a launch of the vehicle, includes an active decoupler. The active decoupler includes a pin. A cuff has a central opening. The pin passes through the central opening. A plurality of fingers are pivotally coupled to the cuff. A plurality of levers are pivotally coupled to the plurality of fingers and the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Harry Kendall Warden, Jeffrey Wayne Weathers, James Boyd Weathers
  • LIQUID-MECHANICAL ISOLATOR
    Publication number: 20210025473
    Abstract: Shock and vibration isolators and their use to isolate loads from vibration and shock, where the isolators include a fluid spring assembly and a mechanical spring assembly, where the fluid spring assembly and the mechanical spring assembly are arranged in series. The mechanical spring assembly includes a first spring and a second spring arranged so that compression of the mechanical spring assembly simultaneously directly compresses the first spring and indirectly compresses the second spring via an intermediate actuator, such that the first and second spring are compressed in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Harry Kendall Warden, Jeffrey Wayne Weathers