Patents by Inventor Joshua Blanchard

Joshua Blanchard 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).

  • Publication number: 20120153080
    Abstract: A tie-down adapter for attaching a monument, such as an aircraft monument, to a floor structure, such as an aircraft cargo compartment floor. The tie-down adapter includes a base and a stud protruding from the base. The base includes a plurality of fastener through holes configured to align with an existing threaded hole pattern in the cargo compartment floor. The stud is configured to penetrate a mount opening of an attachment bracket on an aircraft monument to be attached. The stud has a threaded shaft configured to receive a fastener for fixing the tie-down adapter to the monument attachment bracket. The tie-down adapter can be provided in a system, and used in a method for mounting aircraft monuments to a cargo compartment floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Wesley Duggar, Joshua Blanchard, Hartwig Jaeger