Patents by Inventor Jonathon Pickard

Jonathon Pickard 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).

  • Fin retention and release mechanism
    Patent number: 10295318
    Abstract: An improved fin retention and release mechanism (15) comprising an elongated body (16), at least one fin (18a) mounted to the body and capable of moving from a stowed position (30) to a deployed position (32), an actuator (20a) connected to the fin and arranged to rotate the fin about a first axis (33), a fin retention member (19a) connected to the body and configured and arranged to rotate about a second axis (34) from a locked position (36) to a release position (38), the fin and the fin retention member configured and arranged such that the fin is held in the stowed position by the fin retention member when being in the locked position and the fin is not held in the stowed position by the fin retention member when being in the release position, and wherein actuation of the fin about the first axis by the actuator rotates the fin about the first axis in a first direction (39) and correspondingly rotates the fin retention member about the second axis in a second direction (40) opposite to the first direction
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Moog Inc.
    Inventors: Laurie Hammond, Jonathon Pickard
  • FIN RETENTION AND RELEASE MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20170067725
    Abstract: An improved fin retention and release mechanism (15) comprising an elongated body (16), at least one fin (18a) mounted to the body and capable of moving from a stowed position (30) to a deployed position (32), an actuator (20a) connected to the fin and arranged to rotate the fin about a first axis (33), a fin retention member (19a) connected to the body and configured and arranged to rotate about a second axis (34) from a locked position (36) to a release position (38), the fin and the fin retention member configured and arranged such that the fm is held in the stowed position by the fin retention member when being in the locked position and the fin is not held in the stowed position by the fm retention member when being in the release position, and wherein actuation of the fin about the first axis by the actuator rotates the fm about the first axis in a first direction (39) and correspondingly rotates the fin retention member about the second axis in a second direction (40) opposite to the first direction an
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Laurie Hammond, Jonathon Pickard