Patents by Inventor John J. Fagan, JR.

John J. Fagan, JR. 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).

  • Waterborne payload deployment vessel and method
    Patent number: 10259550
    Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jamie J. Childress, Marci A. George, Paul L. Wynns, Kurt A. Matthews, John J. Fagan, Jr., Egan Greenstein
  • Waterborne Payload Deployment Vessel and Method
    Publication number: 20170305516
    Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jamie J. Childress, Marci A. George, Paul L. Wynns, Kurt A. Matthews, John J. Fagan, JR., Egan Greenstein
  • Waterborne payload deployment vessel and method
    Patent number: 9745034
    Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jamie J. Childress, Marci A. George, Paul L. Wynns, Kurt A. Matthews, John J. Fagan, Jr., Egan Greenstein
  • Waterborne Payload Deployment Vessel and Method
    Publication number: 20170120997
    Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jamie J. Childress, Marci A. George, Paul L. Wynns, Kurt A. Matthews, John J. Fagan, JR., Egan Greenstein