Patents by Inventor Michael Jay Burghdoff

Michael Jay Burghdoff 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).

  • Telescoping electrical cable
    Patent number: 10422301
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a jet engine and a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of the jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine. A jet engine includes a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of a jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Kent Edmund Karnofski, Chris T. Jasklowski, Michael Jay Burghdoff
  • Locking system for an actuator device
    Patent number: 9857827
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a locking system for an actuator device. The apparatus comprises a lock collar and a locking device. The lock collar shares a center axis with a piston having a first number of features that extend from the piston away from a center axis of the piston. The lock collar has a second number of features that extend towards the center axis. The locking device is configured to rotate the lock collar between a lock position in which the second number of features of the lock collar is engaged with the first number of features of the piston and an unlock position in which the second number of features of the lock collar is disengaged from the first number of features of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Michael Jay Burghdoff
  • TELESCOPING ELECTRICAL CABLE
    Publication number: 20170016413
    Abstract: An aircraft includes a jet engine and a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of the jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine. A jet engine includes a telescopic tube assembly positioned on the jet engine. The telescopic tube assembly includes one end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a thrust reverser translating sleeve of a jet engine and an opposing end portion of the telescopic tube assembly which is associated with a fixed portion of the of the jet engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Kent Edmund Karnofski, Chris T. Jasklowski, Michael Jay Burghdoff
  • Locking System for an Actuator Device
    Publication number: 20150253805
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a locking system for an actuator device. The apparatus comprises a lock collar and a locking device. The lock collar shares a center axis with a piston having a first number of features that extend from the piston away from a center axis of the piston. The lock collar has a second number of features that extend towards the center axis. The locking device is configured to rotate the lock collar between a lock position in which the second number of features of the lock collar is engaged with the first number of features of the piston and an unlock position in which the second number of features of the lock collar is disengaged from the first number of features of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Michael Jay Burghdoff