Patents by Inventor Lucian Woods

Lucian Woods 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).

  • Aircraft gun-blast diffusers, plugs for aircraft gun-blast diffusers, and methods of making such plugs
    Patent number: 11619463
    Abstract: A plug for insertion into a blast-tube exit cavity of a gun-blast diffuser comprises a plug front surface, a plug rear surface, a plug side surface that extends between the plug front surface and the plug rear surface, a body, comprising a polyurethane foam, and a substrate, coupled to the body and comprising a conductive nonwoven fabric, impregnated with a polyurethane matrix. The plug front surface of the plug is formed by the substrate. The plug rear surface of the plug is formed by the body. The plug side surface of the plug is formed by the substrate and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Garrett B. Peters, Lucian Woods, Robert R. Johnson, Daniel E. Pulcher, Anthony C. Roberts
  • AIRCRAFT GUN-BLAST DIFFUSERS, PLUGS FOR AIRCRAFT GUN-BLAST DIFFUSERS, AND METHODS OF MAKING SUCH PLUGS
    Publication number: 20220325973
    Abstract: A plug for insertion into a blast-tube exit cavity of a gun-blast diffuser comprises a plug front surface, a plug rear surface, a plug side surface that extends between the plug front surface and the plug rear surface, a body, comprising a polyurethane foam, and a substrate, coupled to the body and comprising a conductive nonwoven fabric, impregnated with a polyurethane matrix. The plug front surface of the plug is formed by the substrate. The plug rear surface of the plug is formed by the body. The plug side surface of the plug is formed by the substrate and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Garrett B. Peters, Lucian Woods, Robert R. Johnson, Daniel E. Pulcher, Anthony C. Roberts
  • Rupture fairings
    Patent number: 11260957
    Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: John Cleveland Waldrop, III, Manny S. Urcia, Jr., Robert Ray Johnson, Samuel Jerome Huhman, Xue Liu, William A. Lamey, III, Anthony Roberts, Lucian Woods
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LOCALIZED CHARACTERISTICS OF A TRANSPARENCY
    Publication number: 20210129971
    Abstract: A system includes a robotic arm of a robotic device, an imaging device coupled to the robotic arm, and a processor configured to control movement of the robotic arm to move the imaging device along a preprogrammed measurement path of a transparency while prompting the imaging device to record images of localized portions of the transparency. The processor is configured to determine one or more localized transparency characteristics based on an analysis of the images of the localized portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: James W. Brown, JR., John Joseph Haake, Xue Liu, Anthony Carl Roberts, Nathaniel Philip Roman, Matthew Mark Thomas, Lucian Woods
  • RUPTURE FAIRINGS
    Publication number: 20200247527
    Abstract: Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: John Cleveland Waldrop, III, Manny S. Urcia, JR., Robert Ray Johnson, Samuel Jerome Huhman, Xue Liu, William A. Lamey, III, Anthony Roberts, Lucian Woods