Patents by Inventor Mark Ronald McLaughlin

Mark Ronald McLaughlin 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).

  • Patent number: 11999464
    Abstract: A connector to connect a center wing box to a bulkhead of an aircraft. The connector includes a panel with a first edge positioned at the center wing box, an opposing second edge positioned at the bulkhead, and a central section. A first flexible seal extends across the panel and provides for relative movement between the first edge and the central section. A second flexible seal extends across the panel and provides for relative movement between the second edge and the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jenny Young, Daniel Cox, Steven David Ingham, Kyle Alexander Johnson, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Paul Hungwai Lai
  • Patent number: 11634207
    Abstract: A pressure deck system for a fuselage of an aircraft. The pressure deck system comprises a first sloping outboard pressure panel, a first longitudinal stiffener connected to the first sloping outboard pressure panel, a second sloping outboard pressure panel opposite the first sloping outboard pressure panel, a second longitudinal stiffener connected to the second sloping outboard pressure panel, pressure panels between the first sloping outboard pressure panel and the second sloping outboard pressure panel and forming the an upper barrier of a wheel well, longitudinal beams connected to the pressure panels and supporting a cabin floor of the fuselage, and a sloping pressure deck connecting a number of these components to the rear spar of the center wing box. A waterline of the pressure deck system is de-coupled from a side-of-body waterline in the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Branko Lakic, Richard R. Rosman, Bernhard Dopker, Steven David Ingham
  • Patent number: 11479336
    Abstract: Pressure decks, aircraft that incorporate the pressure decks, and methods of manufacturing the pressure decks, where the pressure decks include a planar center deck section configured to be attached to a keel beam of the aircraft and a pair of diagonal deck panels each extending inwardly and downwardly from a front wing spar to the planar center deck section. The pressure deck attaches the front wing spar to the keel beam at positions selected to minimize deflection stresses on the pressure deck exerted by relative movement between the front wing spar and the keel beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Leibov, Ryan Scott Carruthers, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Daniel Cox
  • Publication number: 20220234716
    Abstract: A connector to connect a center wing box to a bulkhead of an aircraft. The connector includes a panel with a first edge positioned at the center wing box, an opposing second edge positioned at the bulkhead, and a central section. A first flexible seal extends across the panel and provides for relative movement between the first edge and the central section. A second flexible seal extends across the panel and provides for relative movement between the second edge and the central section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Jenny Young, Daniel Cox, Steven David Ingham, Kyle Alexander Johnson, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Paul Hungwai Lai
  • Publication number: 20220033051
    Abstract: A pressure deck system for a fuselage of an aircraft. The pressure deck system comprises a first sloping outboard pressure panel, a first longitudinal stiffener connected to the first sloping outboard pressure panel, a second sloping outboard pressure panel opposite the first sloping outboard pressure panel, a second longitudinal stiffener connected to the second sloping outboard pressure panel, pressure panels between the first sloping outboard pressure panel and the second sloping outboard pressure panel and forming the an upper barrier of a wheel well, longitudinal beams connected to the pressure panels and supporting a cabin floor of the fuselage, and a sloping pressure deck connecting a number of these components to the rear spar of the center wing box. A waterline of the pressure deck system is de-coupled from a side-of-body waterline in the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Branko Lakic, Richard R. Rosman, Bernhard Dopker, Steven David Ingham
  • Publication number: 20210188418
    Abstract: Pressure decks, aircraft that incorporate the pressure decks, and methods of manufacturing the pressure decks, where the pressure decks include a planar center deck section configured to be attached to a keel beam of the aircraft and a pair of diagonal deck panels each extending inwardly and downwardly from a front wing spar to the planar center deck section. The pressure deck attaches the front wing spar to the keel beam at positions selected to minimize deflection stresses on the pressure deck exerted by relative movement between the front wing spar and the keel beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David Leibov, Ryan Scott Carruthers, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Daniel Cox
  • Patent number: 10029780
    Abstract: A stiffened panel comprises a composite panel, and a stiffener including a base flange on the composite panel. The base flange is tapered towards the panel. The stiffened panel further comprises a composite overwrap layer on only the composite panel and a tapered surface of the base flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joshua Amory Ross, Shane Frank Cuda, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Michael Robert Rush, Colin Lee Farr, David Bruce Smith, Nihar Ashokkumar Desai, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Lyle Ray Deobald
  • Publication number: 20160176500
    Abstract: A stiffened panel comprises a composite panel, and a stiffener including a base flange on the composite panel. The base flange is tapered towards the panel. The stiffened panel further comprises a composite overwrap layer on only the composite panel and a tapered surface of the base flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Joshua Amory Ross, Shane Frank Cuda, Mark Ronald McLaughlin, Michael Robert Rush, Colin Lee Farr, David Bruce Smith, Nihar Ashokkumar Desai, Thomas Joseph Kennedy, Lyle Ray Deobald