Patents by Inventor Matthew Wade Hendricks

Matthew Wade Hendricks 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).

  • Publication number: 20240025538
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a frame, a transmission, and a liquid inertia vibration elimination (“LIVE”) system coupled between the frame and the transmission. The LIVE system is configured to attenuate communication of vibrations from the transmission to the frame. The LIVE system includes a first liquid zone, a second liquid zone, a plug at least partially segregating the first liquid zone from the second liquid zone, and the plug has an aperture in fluid communication with the first liquid zone and the second liquid zone. A splash guard is disposed within the second liquid zone and offset from the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Miller, Amarjit Olenchery Kizhakkepat, Peter Romano, Norman Craig Jordan, Shahryar Fotovati, Matthew Wade Hendricks
  • Patent number: 11767105
    Abstract: One example of a mount for a rotorcraft comprises a structural support member, a bracket, and an elastomer. The bracket is configured to attach to a component of the rotorcraft. The component of the rotorcraft produces vibrations at a first frequency. The structural support member configured to transfer a weight of the component of a rotorcraft to an airframe of the rotorcraft. A rotor system of the aircraft vibrates the airframe of the rotorcraft at a second frequency. The elastomer is located between a structural support member and a bracket. The elastomer is configured to attenuate noise caused by the vibrations at the first frequency by isolating the vibrations at the first frequency from reaching the airframe of the rotorcraft while the airframe vibrates at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
    Inventors: Jon Damon Bennett, Joshua Allan Edler, Matthew Wade Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20220177120
    Abstract: One example of a mount for a rotorcraft comprises a structural support member, a bracket, and an elastomer. The bracket is configured to attach to a component of the rotorcraft. The component of the rotorcraft produces vibrations at a first frequency. The structural support member configured to transfer a weight of the component of a rotorcraft to an airframe of the rotorcraft. A rotor system of the aircraft vibrates the airframe of the rotorcraft at a second frequency. The elastomer is located between a structural support member and a bracket. The elastomer is configured to attenuate noise caused by the vibrations at the first frequency by isolating the vibrations at the first frequency from reaching the airframe of the rotorcraft while the airframe vibrates at the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Damon Bennett, Joshua Allan Edler, Matthew Wade Hendricks
  • Patent number: 11167842
    Abstract: One example of a mount for a rotorcraft comprises a structural support member, a bracket, and an elastomer. The bracket is configured to attach to a component of the rotorcraft. The component of the rotorcraft produces vibrations at a first frequency. The structural support member configured to transfer a weight of the component of a rotorcraft to an airframe of the rotorcraft. A rotor system of the aircraft vibrates the airframe of the rotorcraft at a second frequency. The elastomer is located between a structural support member and a bracket. The elastomer is configured to attenuate noise caused by the vibrations at the first frequency by isolating the vibrations at the first frequency from reaching the airframe of the rotorcraft while the airframe vibrates at the second frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Damon Bennett, Joshua Allan Edler, Matthew Wade Hendricks
  • Publication number: 20190106203
    Abstract: One example of a mount for a rotorcraft comprises a structural support member, a bracket, and an elastomer. The bracket is configured to attach to a component of the rotorcraft. The component of the rotorcraft produces vibrations at a first frequency. The structural support member configured to transfer a weight of the component of a rotorcraft to an airframe of the rotorcraft. A rotor system of the aircraft vibrates the airframe of the rotorcraft at a second frequency. The elastomer is located between a structural support member and a bracket. The elastomer is configured to attenuate noise caused by the vibrations at the first frequency by isolating the vibrations at the first frequency from reaching the airframe of the rotorcraft while the airframe vibrates at the second frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jon Damon Bennett, Joshua Allan Edler, Matthew Wade Hendricks