Patents by Inventor Mark E. Cooper

Mark E. Cooper 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).

  • Surface vessel fueling systems and methods
    Patent number: 11897586
    Abstract: A system that includes a first winch assembly having a first structure on which a fuel hose is configured to be spooled and unspooled, the first structure having a first rotational axis. The system also includes a second winch assembly located rearward of the first winch assembly, the second winch assembly includes a second structure on which a messenger line is configured to be spooled and unspooled, the second structure having a second rotational axis and being rotatable between first and second rotational positions. Upon the second structure being in the first rotational position the second rotational axis is non-orthogonal to the first rotational axis. Upon the second structure being in the second rotational position, the second rotational axis is orthogonal to the first rotational axis. The second structure including an axial through opening through which the fuel line is configured to pass when the second structure is in the second rotational position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy S. Meaux, Isaac D. Kremers, Nicholas B. Jones, Mark E. Cooper, Quinton P. Elliott, Andrew T. Pidduck, Joel C. Jurisich, Robert L. Henry, Garret Marzolf
  • SURFACE VESSEL FUELING SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230029515
    Abstract: A system that includes a first winch assembly having a first structure on which a fuel hose is configured to be spooled and unspooled, the first structure having a first rotational axis. The system also includes a second winch assembly located rearward of the first winch assembly, the second winch assembly includes a second structure on which a messenger line is configured to be spooled and unspooled, the second structure having a second rotational axis and being rotatable between first and second rotational positions. Upon the second structure being in the first rotational position the second rotational axis is non-orthogonal to the first rotational axis. Upon the second structure being in the second rotational position, the second rotational axis is orthogonal to the first rotational axis. The second structure including an axial through opening through which the fuel line is configured to pass when the second structure is in the second rotational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jeremy S. MEAUX, Isaac D. KREMERS, Nicholas B. JONES, Mark E. COOPER, Quinton P. ELLIOTT, Andrew T. PIDDUCK, Joel C. JURISICH, Robert L. HENRY, Garret MARZOLF
  • Ceramic RAM film coating process
    Patent number: 6461432
    Abstract: A uniform coating of radar-absorbing material (RAM) is produced on small or intricate parts by suspending the part in a vessel, slowing filling the vessel with RAM slurry without turbulence from the bottom up, subsequently draining the slurry slowly without turbulence to leave a coating of RAM on the part, and repeating the process until a coating of sufficient thickness is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra J. Stash, Mark E. Cooper
  • Ceramic RAM film coating process
    Patent number: 6001425
    Abstract: A uniform coating of radar-absorbing material (RAM) is produced on small or intricate parts by suspending the part in a vessel, slowing filling the vessel with RAM slurry without turbulence from the bottom up, subsequently draining the slurry slowly without turbulence to leave a coating of RAM on the part, and repeating the process until a coating of sufficient thickness is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra J. Stash, Mark E. Cooper