Patents by Inventor Mark Butz

Mark Butz 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).

  • Method and apparatus for determining engine part life usage
    Publication number: 20060265183
    Abstract: A method for determining an engine part life usage of a gas turbine engine life limited part used on an aircraft. The method includes operating a gas turbine engine that includes a plurality of rotating components and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor a plurality of gas turbine engine operating parameters, obtaining outputs from the plurality of sensors, and utilizing at least some of the outputs to calculate the life usage of at least one life limited part to facilitate tracking the life-usage of an individual life limited part on the gas turbine engine that is consumed on a flight by flight basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 23, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth Jacques, Mark Butz, Edmund Hindle, Robert Van Stone
  • Daily calendar holder/organizer
    Patent number: D358423
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Inventor: Mark A. Butz