Patents by Inventor John Cleveland Waldrop, III

John Cleveland Waldrop, III 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).

  • Rupture fairings
    Patent number: 11260957
    Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Cleveland Waldrop, III, Manny S. Urcia, Jr., Robert Ray Johnson, Samuel Jerome Huhman, Xue Liu, William A. Lamey, III, Anthony Roberts, Lucian Woods
  • RUPTURE FAIRINGS
    Publication number: 20200247527
    Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: John Cleveland Waldrop, III, Manny S. Urcia, JR., Robert Ray Johnson, Samuel Jerome Huhman, Xue Liu, William A. Lamey, III, Anthony Roberts, Lucian Woods
  • Elastic ground plane
    Patent number: 6337294
    Abstract: An elastic ground plane (50) has an environmental coating (58) attached to a surface of a fabric (54) having a plurality of fibers. A conductive substance (56) is applied to the fabric (54) to coat the fabric (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: John Cleveland Waldrop, III
  • Elastic ground plane and method
    Patent number: 6048581
    Abstract: An elastic ground plane (50) has an environmental coating (58) attached to a surface of a fabric (54) having a lo plurality of fibers. A conductive substance (56) is applied to the fabric (54) to coat the fabric (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: John Cleveland Waldrop, III
  • Continuous moldline technology system
    Patent number: 5810291
    Abstract: A continuous moldline technology system (100) has a pair of end blocks (102, 104). One (102) of the pair of end blocks (102, 104) has an edge (112) attached to a first edge of an elastomer panel (110). The other block (104) has an edge attached to a second edge (114) of the elastomer panel (110). A composite slat (116) having a rectangular cross section is partially disposed inside the elastomer panel (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Inventors: Michael Watson Geiger, John Cleveland Waldrop, III