Patents by Inventor Joseph Christopher Zecca

Joseph Christopher Zecca 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).

  • Electric heater for integration into an aircraft acoustic panel
    Patent number: 8919494
    Abstract: An electric heater (40) for integration into an acoustic panel (20) having sound-penetrating pores (30) communicating with a sound-canceling medium. The heater (40) includes an electrically conductive layer (53) with resistance-setting apertures (63) filled with sealant (73). Openings (83), which contribute to the sound-penetrating pores (30), extend through the sealant-filled apertures (63). The acoustic panel (20) can be assimilated into an aircraft component, such as a nacelle inlet lip, which requires both noise-reducing and ice-protecting features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Rohr, Inc., Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Bobby Burkett, Galdemir Cezar Botura, Claude Marc Hubert, David Bert Sweet, Joseph Christopher Zecca, Timothy Robert Olson
  • ELECTRIC HEATER FOR INTEGRATION INTO AN AIRCRAFT ACOUSTIC PANEL
    Publication number: 20140034414
    Abstract: An electric heater (40) for integration into an acoustic panel (20) having sound-penetrating pores (30) communicating with a sound-canceling medium. The heater (40) includes an electrically conductive layer (53) with resistance-setting apertures (63) filled with sealant (73). Openings (83), which contribute to the sound-penetrating pores (30), extend through the sealant-filled apertures (63). The acoustic panel (20) can be assimilated into an aircraft component, such as a nacelle inlet lip, which requires both noise-reducing and ice-protecting features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Brian Bobby Burkett, Galdermir Cezar Botura, Claude Marc Hubert, David Bert Sweet, Joseph Christopher Zecca, Timothy Robert Olson
  • Ice protection system for a multi-segment aircraft component
    Patent number: 7837150
    Abstract: An aircraft component includes a first segment having a first leading edge surface that extends to a first end of the first segment. The aircraft component also includes a second segment having a second leading edge surface that extends to a second end of the second segment. The second end is substantially adjacent to the first end of the first segment, and is connected to the first end. The first leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the first end of the first segment. In addition, the second leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the second end of the second segment. The electrical resistance heating is capable of providing ice protection heating immediately on either side of a juncture between the connected first and second ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Rohr, Inc., Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Christopher Zecca, Galdemir Cezar Botura, Brian Bobby Burkett, Claude Marc Hubert, Michael John Layland, Timothy Robert Olson, James Michael Roman
  • ICE PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-SEGMENT AIRCRAFT COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20100038475
    Abstract: An aircraft component includes a first segment having a first leading edge surface that extends to a first end of the first segment. The aircraft component also includes a second segment having a second leading edge surface that extends to a second end of the second segment. The second end is substantially adjacent to the first end of the first segment, and is connected to the first end. The first leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the first end of the first segment. In addition, the second leading edge surface includes electrical resistance heating that extends to the second end of the second segment. The electrical resistance heating is capable of providing ice protection heating immediately on either side of a juncture between the connected first and second ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Christopher Zecca, Galdemir Cezar Botura, Brian Bobby Burkett, Claude Marc Hubert, Michael John Layland, Timothy Robert Olson, James Michael Roman