Patents by Inventor Kimberly Dawn Meredith

Kimberly Dawn Meredith 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).

  • Retractable shade and method for assembling the same
    Patent number: 9957049
    Abstract: A heated roller shade system is provided. The heated roller shade system includes a roller located in a cavity defined between an inner wall of a vehicle and an outer wall of the vehicle. The roller shade system also includes a shade coupled to the roller. The roller is configured to selectively move the shade between a deployed position and an open position. The roller shade system also includes a heating mechanism coupled to at least one of the roller and the shade. The heating mechanism facilitates increasing a temperature of at least one of the roller and the shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Kimberly Dawn Meredith, Morteza Safai, Lon E. Switzer, Thomas Seth Perkins, Scott A. Langdon, Tuan D. Nguyen
  • Local light attenuation for improving reliability of electronic dimmable windows
    Patent number: 9470828
    Abstract: A window system and method of attenuating light in a window system for improving usefulness and reliability of an electronic dimmable window in the window system. An automatically adjusting photochromatic material is integrated into a window pane of the window system such that the electronic dimmable window is positioned between the automatically adjusting photochromatic material in the window pane and a dust cover of the window system. The automatically adjusting photochromatic material is formulated to attenuate incoming light in a local area of the photochromatic material in response to a solar flux intensity of the incoming light in the local area being greater than or equal to a threshold intensity while areas outside the local area of the photochromatic material that are subjected to solar flux intensity less than the threshold intensity do not attenuate incoming light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Waeil M. Ashmawi, Kimberly Dawn Meredith
  • RETRACTABLE SHADE AND METHOD SEALING AN OVER-WING EXIT IN AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20150059988
    Abstract: A heated roller shade system is provided. The heated roller shade system includes a roller located in a cavity defined between an inner wall of a vehicle and an outer wall of the vehicle. The roller shade system also includes a shade coupled to the roller. The roller is configured to selectively move the shade between a deployed position and an open position. The roller shade system also includes a heating mechanism coupled to at least one of the roller and the shade. The heating mechanism facilitates increasing a temperature of at least one of the roller and the shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Kimberly Dawn Meredith, Morteza Safai, Lon E. Switzer, Thomas Seth Perkins, Scott A. Langdon, Tuan D. Nguyen