Patents by Inventor Klay Ethan Gilbert

Klay Ethan Gilbert 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: 20240017645
    Abstract: Described are track fitting assemblies having bodies for attaching a leg of a passenger seat to a seat track. The body includes an underside, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first through-hole, and a second through-hole. The underside is configured to be connected with a stud that extends from the body. The first lateral side extends upward from the underside. The second lateral side is positioned opposite the first lateral side and extends upward from the underside. The first through-hole extends through the first lateral side and the second lateral side. The second through-hole extends through the first lateral side and the second lateral side. The second through-hole and the first through-hole are positioned for defining alternate attachment interfaces for attachment to the leg of the passenger seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Patent number: 11660994
    Abstract: Described are table assemblies for a passenger seat. The table assemblies may include a paddle arm, a table support, and a leveling assembly. A first end of the paddle arm may include a paddle arm tab extending outwards from the paddle arm. The table support may be pivotably connected to the first end and configured to support a table. The table support may include a top side that defines a latch receiving area. The leveling assembly may include a latch and a latch adjuster. The latch may be pivotably supported on the table support within the latch receiving area. The latch adjuster may selectively engage a first end of the latch and control a tilt angle range of the table support. The latch adjuster may engage the latch at a first tilt angle, and the paddle arm tab may engage the latch at a second tilt angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Newbold, Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Publication number: 20230077224
    Abstract: Described are table assemblies for a passenger seat. The table assemblies may include a paddle arm, a table support, and a leveling assembly. A first end of the paddle arm may include a paddle arm tab extending outwards from the paddle arm. The table support may be pivotably connected to the first end and configured to support a table. The table support may include a top side that defines a latch receiving area. The leveling assembly may include a latch and a latch adjuster. The latch may be pivotably supported on the table support within the latch receiving area. The latch adjuster may selectively engage a first end of the latch and control a tilt angle range of the table support. The latch adjuster may engage the latch at a first tilt angle, and the paddle arm tab may engage the latch at a second tilt angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler Newbold, Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Patent number: 7707703
    Abstract: Addressed are couplings for transferring rotational motion from one shaft to another. The couplings may include flexible components and may be designed to accommodate angular, axial, and parallel misalignments. Included as components of the couplings may be hub portions, each having dowel pins and clearance holes, and a center member positioned intermediate the hub portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Weber Aircraft LLC
    Inventor: Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Patent number: 7235014
    Abstract: Addressed are couplings for transferring rotational motion from one shaft to another. The couplings may include flexible components and may be designed to accommodate angular, axial, and parallel misalignments. Included as components of the couplings may be hub portions, each having dowel pins and clearance holes, and a center member positioned intermediate the hub portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Weber Aircraft LP
    Inventor: Klay Ethan Gilbert
  • Patent number: 5762296
    Abstract: A track fitting assembly for removably securing a seat through a swivel bearing to a generally channel-shaped track secured to the fuselage of an aircraft. The track fitting assembly includes a forged body member having spaced track lugs projecting laterally from a narrow finger portion. The body member has a socket which receives a threaded shear plunger adjusting screw such that a head on the adjusting screw moves into the socket to indicate when the shear plunger is properly seated to lock the track lugs in the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Weber Aircraft, Inc.
    Inventor: Klay Ethan Gilbert