Patents by Inventor Joseph Ray Wilding

Joseph Ray Wilding 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: 11846478
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Timothy Joel Thorson, Benjamin William Dwyer, Christopher James Owens, Joseph Ray Wilding, Karl Fredrick Brakora, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Publication number: 20230113679
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Joseph Ray Wilding, Benjamin William Dwyer, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Patent number: 11555663
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Joseph Ray Wilding, Benjamin William Dwyer, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Publication number: 20230010645
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Timothy Joel Thorson, Benjamin William Dwyer, Christopher James Owens, Joseph Ray Wilding, Karl Fredrick Brakora, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Publication number: 20220333888
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical trigger that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a trigger mechanism, a trigger sensing mechanism, and a fire control manager. The fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on the trigger sensing mechanism generating a voltage, and the fire control manager may transmit a signal to an actuator mechanism based on the trigger break. A detent mechanism may be dislocated in response to a force applied to a trigger mechanism, and the trigger sensing mechanism may generate the voltage based on the dislocating of the detent mechanism. Dislocating the detent mechanism may correspond to satisfying a trigger break threshold. The actuator mechanism may be displaced in response to the signal, and displacing the actuator mechanism may result in a projectile being propelled from the gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Joseph Ray Wilding, Benjamin William Dwyer, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Patent number: 11473866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Biofire Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Timothy Joel Thorson, Benjamin William Dwyer, Christopher James Owens, Joseph Ray Wilding, Karl Fredrick Brakora, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Publication number: 20220307789
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides systems and techniques for an electromechanical sear that is implementable in a gun. The gun may include a fire control manager, and the fire control manager may identify a trigger break based on a trigger sensor, transmit, based on the trigger break, a first signal to a first actuator located in a displacement path of a sear, so as to cause the first actuator to be displaced in a first direction, and transmit, based on the trigger break, a second signal to a second actuator located in the displacement path of the sear, so as to cause the second actuator to be displaced in a second direction. The transmitting the first signal to the first actuator and the transmitting the second signal to the second actuator may cause displacement of the sear and firing of the gun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Kai Thorin Kloepfer, Donna Kelley, Sara Elizabeth Falcone, Katherine Joanne Lund, Jack Hugo Thiesen, Timothy Joel Thorson, Benjamin William Dwyer, Christopher James Owens, Joseph Ray Wilding, Karl Fredrick Brakora, John Andrew Tomasik
  • Publication number: 20210300544
    Abstract: Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Joseph Ray Wilding, Joshua Krall, Andrew P. Berryann, Michael Reid
  • Publication number: 20210300543
    Abstract: Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Joseph Ray Wilding, Joshua Krall, Andrew P. Berryann, Michael Reid
  • Publication number: 20210300542
    Abstract: Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Joseph Ray Wilding, Joshua Krall, Andrew P. Berryann, Michael Reid
  • Publication number: 20210139142
    Abstract: Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Joseph Ray Wilding, Joshua Krall, Andrew P. Berryann, Michael Reid
  • Patent number: 10793266
    Abstract: Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BOOM TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Nathaniel Blake Scholl, Joseph Ray Wilding, Joshua Krall, Andrew P. Berryann, Michael Reid
  • Patent number: 7478780
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for manufacturing composite parts for aircraft. In one innovative aspect, a system and method for adjusting a location of a center of gravity of an aircraft relative to a center of lift of a wing of the aircraft is disclosed, wherein a modular spar tunnel mold is provided and configured to be detachably fixed at a plurality of selected locations within a main mold for a fuselage portion of the aircraft. In another innovative aspect, a movable detail or mold is used for manufacturing complex composite parts for an aircraft. In yet another innovative aspect, a movable detail is used to fabricate a common feature for a plurality of different parts for one or more aircraft or a family of aircraft of similar design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: AAI Acquisition, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Ray Wilding, Dennis D. Olcott
  • Publication number: 20040217235
    Abstract: A system and method for adjusting a location of a center of gravity of an aircraft relative to a center of lift of a wing of the aircraft. In one innovative aspect, a modular spar tunnel mold is provided and configured to be detachably fixed at a selected location within a main mold for a fuselage portion of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph Ray Wilding, Dennis D. Olcott
  • Patent number: 6811120
    Abstract: A system and method for adjusting a location of a center of gravity of an aircraft relative to a center of lift of awing of the aircraft. In one innovative aspect, a modular spar tunnel mold is provided and configured to be detachably fixed at a selected location within a main for a fuselage portion of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Adam Aircraft Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Ray Wilding, Dennis D. Olcott