Patents by Inventor Manny S. Urcia, JR.

Manny S. Urcia, JR. 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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Wideband antenna system
    Patent number: 10686254
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for an antenna system. The antenna system comprises an aperture structure, a primary radiating slot, a tuning slot, and a stripline feed. The primary radiating slot and the tuning slot are both located in the aperture structure. The stripline feed is located between the primary radiating slot and the tuning slot in the aperture structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lixin Cai, Alec Adams, Manny S. Urcia, Jr.
  • STRUCTURAL MULTILAYER ANTENNA DESIGN AND FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20190051976
    Abstract: A structural panel of an aircraft is constructed with a multiphase antenna embedded inside the structural panel between multiple sheets of fiberglass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, JR., Andrew S. Niederschulte, Alec Adams, Lixin Cai, Timothy J. Luchini, Justin J. Schell
  • Wideband Antenna System
    Publication number: 20180366831
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus for an antenna system. The antenna system comprises an aperture structure, a primary radiating slot, a tuning slot, and a stripline feed. The primary radiating slot and the tuning slot are both located in the aperture structure. The stripline feed is located between the primary radiating slot and the tuning slot in the aperture structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Lixin Cai, Alec Adams, Manny S. Urcia, Jr.
  • Structural reconfigurable antenna
    Patent number: 9899732
    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna is provided having a liquid metal in contact with an electrolyte with the liquid metal being in a first configuration. A plurality of electrodes includes a first electrode in contact with the liquid metal and a second electrode in contact with the electrolyte. A voltage source connected across the first and second electrodes applies a voltage of a predetermined magnitude and a predetermined polarity in order to move the liquid metal from the first configuration to a second configuration and to measure resultant current flow and modify the applied voltage based on the resultant current flow. Cessation of the applied voltage locks the liquid metal in this second configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, Jr., Alec Adams, Edward V. White
  • Structural Reconfigurable Antenna
    Publication number: 20170237157
    Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna is provided having a liquid metal in contact with an electrolyte with the liquid metal being in a first configuration. A plurality of electrodes includes a first electrode in contact with the liquid metal and a second electrode in contact with the electrolyte. A voltage source connected across the first and second electrodes applies a voltage of a predetermined magnitude and a predetermined polarity in order to move the liquid metal from the first configuration to a second configuration and to measure resultant current flow and modify the applied voltage based on the resultant current flow. Cessation of the applied voltage locks the liquid metal in this second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Manny S. Urcia, JR., Alec Adams, Edward V. White