Patents by Inventor Joseph Wendelsdorf

Joseph Wendelsdorf 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).

  • Sensor for monitoring rotors
    Patent number: 11560220
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Glenn Alan Shimek, Leonard N. Jones, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • SENSOR FOR MONITORING ROTORS
    Publication number: 20210309349
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Glenn Alan Shimek, Leonard N. Jones, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • Sensor for monitoring rotors
    Patent number: 11034438
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount, wherein the one or more sensors detect one or more parameters associated with the rotating shaft or the set of rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Glenn Alan Shimek, Leonard N. Jones, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • SENSOR FOR MONITORING ROTORS
    Publication number: 20200156774
    Abstract: A sensor for monitoring rotors includes a rotating shaft coupled to a set of rotor blades and a non-rotating tube at least partially disposed within the rotating shaft and coupled to the rotating shaft. The non-rotating tube includes a first end and a second end, a sensor mount disposed within the non-rotating tube proximate to the second end of the non-rotating tube. One or more sensors are attached to the sensor mount, wherein the one or more sensors detect one or more parameters associated with the rotating shaft or the set of rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Edward Tucker, Glenn Alan Shimek, Leonard N. Jones, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • Collective head bearing monitor
    Patent number: 6714135
    Abstract: A bearing monitor has a bearing sensor to monitor frequencies emitted by a bearing in a rotating component. The bearing sensor has an output to a processor. The processor is attached to the rotating component to process the output from the bearing sensor to a digital or logical signal, which may include determining if the output indicates that the bearing requires service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Scott Froman, Joseph Wendelsdorf
  • Collective head bearing monitor
    Publication number: 20030085812
    Abstract: A bearing monitor has a bearing sensor to monitor frequencies emitted by a bearing in a rotating component. The bearing sensor has an output to a processor. The processor is attached to the rotating component to process the output from the bearing sensor to a digital or logical signal, which may include determining if the output indicates that the bearing requires service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Gary Scott Froman, Joseph Wendelsdorf