Patents by Inventor Kristopher William Talcott

Kristopher William Talcott 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).

  • Fuel dams, aircraft wing boxes, aircraft, and methods of assembling aircraft wings
    Patent number: 11787555
    Abstract: Methods of assembling an aircraft wing includes adhering fuel dams to stringers and adhering the fuel dams to ribs. Fuel dams include a fuel-dam body that defines a channel shaped to receive a portion of a stringer of an aircraft wing. The fuel-dam body includes a stringer adherent surface, a rib adherent surface, and a pair of spaced-apart flanges extending from the rib adherent surface and positioned to project from the rib adherent surface on opposing sides of a notch of a rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kristopher William Talcott, Mark Abdouch, Matthew McKinley Whitmer, Fernando L. Perez Diaz, Mark Edmund Richardson, Alexander S. Sukhomlinov
  • FUEL DAMS, AIRCRAFT WING BOXES, AIRCRAFT, AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT WINGS
    Publication number: 20230045886
    Abstract: Methods of assembling an aircraft wing includes adhering fuel dams to stringers and adhering the fuel dams to ribs. Fuel dams include a fuel-dam body that defines a channel shaped to receive a portion of a stringer of an aircraft wing. The fuel-dam body includes a stringer adherent surface, a rib adherent surface, and a pair of spaced-apart flanges extending from the rib adherent surface and positioned to project from the rib adherent surface on opposing sides of a notch of a rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Kristopher William Talcott, Mark Abdouch, Matthew McKinley Whitmer, Fernando L. Perez Diaz, Mark Edmund Richardson, Alexander S. Sukhomlinov
  • Part edge seal arrangement and joining method
    Patent number: 11543029
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is provided for sealing an exposed edge of a composite laminate part having a fay surface configured to be joined to a structure. The seal arrangement includes a precured edge seal covering the exposed edge and a cover covering the edge seal. A seal bead located within a recess in the fay surface of the part forms a seal between the part and the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Steven Kuan-Chi Wu, Ian Edward Schroeder, Mark Edmond Shadell, Melissa A. Uhlman, Jesse Randal Wiseman, Tho Ngoc Dang, Richard Bruce Tanner, Melinda Dae Miller, Kristopher William Talcott
  • Part Edge Seal Arrangement and Joining Method
    Publication number: 20210262568
    Abstract: A seal arrangement is provided for sealing an exposed edge of a composite laminate part having a fay surface configured to be joined to a structure. The seal arrangement includes a precured edge seal covering the exposed edge and a cover covering the edge seal. A seal bead located within a recess in the fay surface of the part forms a seal between the part and the structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Steven Kuan-Chi Wu, Ian Edward Schroeder, Mark Edmond Shadell, Melissa A. Uhlman, Jesse Randal Wiseman, Tho Ngoc Dang, Richard Bruce Tanner, Melinda Dae Miller, Kristopher William Talcott