Patents by Inventor Joseph Beals

Joseph Beals 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: 10380277
    Abstract: A system and method for an application of a virtual load monitoring of an aircraft to determine a component retirement time for at least one component of the aircraft is provided. The system and method includes estimating component loads from aircraft state parameters; calculating load statistics from the component loads; calculating a reliability factor; generating a component design load spectrum by applying the reliability factor to the load statistics; and calculating the component retirement time for the at least one component of the aircraft by utilizing the component design load spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Beale, Mark W. Davis
  • Publication number: 20180275044
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to perform loads-based structural health monitoring (LBSHM) of a dynamical system. The method includes receiving, by at least one computer, sensing data responsive to sensing at least one of a parametrical state and a response of the dynamical system, and determining a Koopman mode and a Koopman eigenvalue. The Koopman mode represents a correlation between the sensor data output by the plurality of sensors. The Koopman eigenvalue represents a frequency component associated with the sensor data and growth or decay of energy associated with the sensor data. The method further includes generating, by the at least one computer, an estimation model to determine a linear estimation based on the Koopman mode and the Koopman eigenvalue that estimates a load response of the dynamical system based on growth or decay of energy associated with the sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
    Inventors: Amit Surana, Andrzej Banaszuk, Raymond Joseph Beale, Jr., Mark W. Davis
  • Publication number: 20170050076
    Abstract: A squat assistance device. The squat assistance device includes a base having a first side and a second side, a padded back support disposed on the first side of the base, a frame connected to the second side of the base, a plurality of wheels rotatably attached to opposing vertical rails of the frame, a neck support connected to an upper portion of the padded back support, the neck support configured to support configured a user's neck, and one or more weight supports disposed on the second side of the base extending perpendicularly therefrom, wherein the one or more weight supports are each configured to support a weight thereon. Users lean against the padded back rest while the plurality of wheels roll along a vertical surface such as a wall, assisting the user with the performance of the squat and reducing the risk of injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph Beals
  • Publication number: 20170017736
    Abstract: A system and method for an application of a virtual load monitoring of an aircraft to determine a component retirement time for at least one component of the aircraft is provided. The system and method includes estimating component loads from aircraft state parameters; calculating load statistics from the component loads; calculating a reliability factor; generating a component design load spectrum by applying the reliability factor to the load statistics; and calculating the component retirement time for the at least one component of the aircraft by utilizing the component design load spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Beale, Mark W. Davis
  • Patent number: 9091809
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of planar waveguides and method of making the same. The apparatus includes first, second, and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The second layer is formed between the first and third layers of a material and comprises a plurality of organofunctional siloxane-based resin or polymer waveguides. Each waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths. The plurality of waveguides is formed such that intersections of the waveguides occur at approximately right angles and the outputs and inputs located on edges that are opposite one another are offset from each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the corresponding input or output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: DOW CORNING CORPORATION, CAMBRIDGE ENTERPRISE LIMITED
    Inventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
  • Publication number: 20140369643
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of planar waveguides and method of making the same. The apparatus includes first, second, and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The second layer is formed between the first and third layers of a material and comprises a plurality of organofunctional siloxane-based resin or polymer waveguides. Each waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths. The plurality of waveguides is formed such that intersections of the waveguides occur at approximately right angles and the outputs and inputs located on edges that are opposite one another are offset from each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the corresponding input or output signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos BAMIEDAKIS, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
  • Patent number: 8885994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a planar waveguide. In one embodiment, the planar waveguide includes first and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The first and third layers are formed of a first material having a first index of refraction. The planar waveguide also includes a second layer formed between the first and third layers of a second material having a second index of refraction that is larger than the first index of refraction. The planar waveguide further includes a plurality of organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguides formed in the second layer. Each organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignees: Dow Corning Corporation, Cambridge Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolas Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor, Jon Degroot
  • Publication number: 20110176764
    Abstract: The present invention provides a planar waveguide. In one embodiment, the planar waveguide includes first and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The first and third layers are formed of a first material having a first index of refraction. The planar waveguide also includes a second layer formed between the first and third layers of a second material having a second index of refraction that is larger than the first index of refraction. The planar waveguide further includes a plurality of organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguides formed in the second layer. Each organo-functional siloxane based resin or polymer waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: DOW CORNING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Beals, Nikolaos Bamiedakis, Terry Clapp, Jon Degroot, Richard Penty, Ian White, Adrian Wonfor
  • Publication number: 20090198610
    Abstract: A future behavior prediction system includes a scoring engine to generate a final prediction score for a credit account holder from a combination of two or more variable summaries. Each variable summary is a summary of variable data from one of a number of data sources. The number of data sources include at least a master billing data source and an authorization transaction data source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Inventors: Mingyang Wu, Joseph Beals, Edmond Dean Chow