Patents by Inventor Michael H. Konen

Michael H. Konen 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).

  • Hand truck with stabilizer plate
    Patent number: 10005483
    Abstract: A hand truck that includes a carriage, and an elongated frame that connects to a front side of the carriage and is configured to pivot in relation to the carriage. The hand truck also includes a stabilizer plate configured to extend outward from the front side of the carriage to stabilize the hand truck as the elongated frame pivots in relation to the carriage, and to retract inward toward the front side of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael H. Konen, Miriam Beatriz Lusk, Michael Anthony Turcotte, Joseph Doran, Tae Ho Kim
  • Aircraft landing gear loader
    Patent number: 8465247
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a main landing gear (“MLG”) of an aircraft includes a fixture that is adapted to couple to a truck of the MLG such that a sagittal plane of the fixture is parallel to or coplanar with a sagittal plane of the MLG and both translational forces and turning moments applied to the fixture are coupled directly through the fixture to the MLG, a mechanism for controllably translating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof, and a mechanism for controllably rotating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Oliver J. Groves, Gary F. Heilman, Charles D. Harrison, Bart M. Taylor, Se Y. Chun, Tae H. Kim, Gregory Koyfman, Edward D. Oare, Jacob D. Virnig, Michael H. Konen
  • Engine Loading System
    Publication number: 20120110816
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for moving an engine. The engine may be moved in a cradle with respect to a location on an aircraft using a movement system associated with the cradle. A position of the cradle with respect to the movement system and the location on the aircraft may be changed using an adjustment system associated with the movement system. The engine may be connected to the location after changing the position of the cradle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Oliver J. Groves, Michael H. Konen, Thomas D. Mayor
  • Aircraft Landing Gear Loader
    Publication number: 20100119343
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a main landing gear (“MLG”) of an aircraft includes a fixture that is adapted to couple to a truck of the MLG such that a sagittal plane of the fixture is parallel to or coplanar with a sagittal plane of the MLG and both translational forces and turning moments applied to the fixture are coupled directly through the fixture to the MLG, a mechanism for controllably translating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof, and a mechanism for controllably rotating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Oliver J. Groves, Gary F. Heilman, Charles D. Harrison, Bart M. Taylor, Se Y. Chun, Tae H. Kim, Gregory Koyfman, Edward D. Oare, Jacob D. Viring, Michael H. Konen