Patents by Inventor Kyle R. MULLIGAN

Kyle R. MULLIGAN 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).

  • Apparatus and methods for assisting with aircraft maintenance using predetermined maintenance programs
    Patent number: 10528923
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for assisting with maintenance and design of one or more structural elements of an aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving actual utilization data for the aircraft and evaluating the actual utilization data with respect to at least one of a plurality of utilization criteria respectively associated with a plurality of utilization categories for the aircraft where the utilization categories are associated with respective predetermined maintenance programs for the structural element or for the aircraft as a whole. Based on the evaluation of the actual utilization data with respect to the at least one utilization criterion, one of the utilization categories is assigned to the aircraft. Based on the utilization category assigned to the aircraft, one of the predetermined maintenance programs is assigned to the structural element or to the aircraft as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Jerome Pinsonnault, Mohammad Reza Mofakhami, Kyle R. Mulligan
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING WITH AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE USING PREDETERMINED MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS
    Publication number: 20180121887
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for assisting with maintenance and design of one or more structural elements of an aircraft are disclosed. One exemplary method comprises receiving actual utilization data for the aircraft and evaluating the actual utilization data with respect to at least one of a plurality of utilization criteria respectively associated with a plurality of utilization categories for the aircraft where the utilization categories are associated with respective predetermined maintenance programs for the structural element or for the aircraft as a whole. Based on the evaluation of the actual utilization data with respect to the at least one utilization criterion, one of the utilization categories is assigned to the aircraft. Based on the utilization category assigned to the aircraft, one of the predetermined maintenance programs is assigned to the structural element or to the aircraft as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Jerome PINSONNAULT, Mohammad Reza MOFAKHAMI, Kyle R. MULLIGAN