Patents by Inventor Michael John Seibel

Michael John Seibel 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: 12103660
    Abstract: A table is incorporated into an aircraft staircase design. The table can be deployed when the stairs are stowed inside the aircraft cabin area. The table is upwardly biased such that when it is released from a locking mechanism the table flips up to horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Jamie L. Taber, Sidney Aloysius Mohr
  • Patent number: 11912414
    Abstract: A cockpit center console armrest includes a base member configured for mounting to a floor, an extending member mechanically coupled to the base member, and an armrest mechanically coupled to the extending member. The extending member includes an inner telescoping member configured for sliding within an outer telescoping member for adjusting a height of the armrest. A lever exposed on an underside of the armrest is configured for actuating a release mechanism. The release mechanism is configured for releasably securing the inner telescoping member to the outer telescoping member. A pivot axis pivotably couples the extending member to the base member such that the extending member is rotatable for rotating the armrest between a deployed orientation and a retracted orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Rowe, Merril Binford Williams, Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Michael John Seibel
  • Publication number: 20230288020
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronics device holder made to be mountable on an aircraft control stick arrangement. The holder enables two dimensions of rotation. Rotation clockwise and counterclockwise is provided by a disk on which the holder is mounted. The disk edges are trapped underneath a containing plate. Friction enables the disk, and thus, the holder to be held in different circular positions. A friction hinge is used to establish and hold different pitch positions for the electronics device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Stephen Howard Fagan
  • Publication number: 20230242240
    Abstract: A table is incorporated into an aircraft staircase design. The table can be deployed when the stairs are stowed inside the aircraft cabin area. The table is upwardly biased such that when it is released from a locking mechanism the table flips up to horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Jamie L. Taber, Sidney Aloysius Mohr
  • Publication number: 20230242239
    Abstract: Opposing magnets are used to hold two hinged stairway portions together by including the magnets into opposing surfaces in an aircraft stairway arrangement. The relative position of one of the magnets relative to the other is used to establish a desired holding force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Jamie L. Taber, Sidney Aloysius Mohr
  • Publication number: 20230242238
    Abstract: A stairway for aircraft is disclosed which includes first and second stair halves, one which nests in the other. The first half is hinged to the doorway and the second half is hinged to the first half. A mechanical resistance system uses different devices to allow for the airstair to be damped when switching between modes. A retracting arrangement is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Jamie L. Taber, Sidney Aloysius Mohr
  • Publication number: 20230242255
    Abstract: An aircraft stair system is provided with flexible bumpers configured to prevent abrupt impact of the first structure against the second. Each of the bumpers has a flexible body, a base portion, and a lever arm extending out over the base to create a gap and an open mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael John Seibel, Jamie L. Taber, Sidney Aloysius Mohr
  • Publication number: 20220363396
    Abstract: A cockpit center console armrest includes a base member configured for mounting to a floor, an extending member mechanically coupled to the base member, and an armrest mechanically coupled to the extending member. The extending member includes an inner telescoping member configured for sliding within an outer telescoping member for adjusting a height of the armrest. A lever exposed on an underside of the armrest is configured for actuating a release mechanism. The release mechanism is configured for releasably securing the inner telescoping member to the outer telescoping member. A pivot axis pivotably couples the extending member to the base member such that the extending member is rotatable for rotating the armrest between a deployed orientation and a retracted orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Rowe, Merril Binford Williams, Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Michael John Seibel
  • Patent number: D993146
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Joseph Rowe, Merril Binford Williams, Jonathan Lynn Headrick, Michael John Seibel