Patents by Inventor Michael E. McDonald

Michael E. McDonald 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: 9873514
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid mechanical/reactive pressure prevention system that includes a passive pressure control device operably coupled to a door that allows air within a pressurized vehicle to flow out of the pressurized vehicle. An event module detects a door event in the pressurized vehicle. The door event indicates that a door is not secure and air within the pressurized vehicle is being released through the passive pressure control device. An altitude module determines an altitude of the pressurized vehicle in response to detecting the door event. An electronic pressure control device one or more of reduces air inflow into the pressurized vehicle and increases air outflow out of an active pressure control device of the pressurized vehicle in response to the altitude of the pressurized vehicle being below a cutoff altitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Wayne H. Peterson, Michael E. McDonald, Michael A. Fleming, Sun Gil Kim
  • Publication number: 20170057640
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hybrid mechanical/reactive pressure prevention system that includes a passive pressure control device operably coupled to a door that allows air within a pressurized vehicle to flow out of the pressurized vehicle. An event module detects a door event in the pressurized vehicle. The door event indicates that a door is not secure and air within the pressurized vehicle is being released through the passive pressure control device. An altitude module determines an altitude of the pressurized vehicle in response to detecting the door event. An electronic pressure control device one or more of reduces air inflow into the pressurized vehicle and increases air outflow out of an active pressure control device of the pressurized vehicle in response to the altitude of the pressurized vehicle being below a cutoff altitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Wayne H. Peterson, Michael E. McDonald, Michael A. Fleming, Sun Gil Kim
  • Publication number: 20130042889
    Abstract: A system for impingement air treatment of a thin film conveyor generally includes a thin film conveyor having a width, a first surface, and a second surface, and a first impingement air device configured to blow impingement air on at least one of the first and second surfaces across at least a portion of the width of the thin film conveyor. Other systems and methods for impingement air treatment of conveyors are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis J. White, Michael E. McDonald, Brittan J. Gill, Jennifer K. Pickard
  • Publication number: 20040054103
    Abstract: The invention relates to a new catalyst system that improves the heat transfer capability of a butyl reactor slurry process system in the production of random copolymers of one or more isoolefin monomers and one or more conjugated diene monomers in continuous slurry polymerization processes. The process is carried out in an anhydrous polymerization system containing a mixture of the monomers in a polar diluent along with a Lewis acid and a C5 or greater initiator having a tertiary halide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Robert N. Webb, David Y. Chung, Andrew B. Donnalley, Michael E. McDonald, Kenneth W. Powers, Ralph Howard Schatz