Patents by Inventor Michael Lyle Holbrook

Michael Lyle Holbrook 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: 10180201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrostatically bonding coaxial tubing. An outer tube comprises an electrically conductive material and has an inner surface. An inner tube comprises material and has an outer surface. The inner tube and the outer tube are positioned to define a channel. A bridging structure comprising an electrically conductive material is positioned such that the bridging structure forms mechanical contact and an electrostatic connection between electrically conductive material on the tubes. The bridging structure is in mechanical contact with the inner surface of the outer tube at a first plurality of points and in mechanical contact with the outer surface of the inner tube at a second plurality of points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gregory M. Waugh, Michael Lyle Holbrook, Ronald Lawrence Clements
  • Patent number: 9677716
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating a fluid line in a container configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus comprises a container, a fluid line in the container, and a tube. The container is configured to contain a fluid. The tube is placed around the fluid line in the container to form a channel around a first portion of the fluid line. The tube is configured to contain the fluid from the container in the channel and to prevent a first flow of the fluid between the container and the channel except through a number of ends of the tube. The tube is further configured to reduce a second flow of the fluid within the channel such that the fluid in the channel insulates the fluid line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements
  • Publication number: 20140174557
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for insulating a fluid line in a container configured to contain a fluid. The apparatus comprises a container, a fluid line in the container, and a tube. The container is configured to contain a fluid. The tube is placed around the fluid line in the container to form a channel around a first portion of the fluid line. The tube is configured to contain the fluid from the container in the channel and to prevent a first flow of the fluid between the container and the channel except through a number of ends of the tube. The tube is further configured to reduce a second flow of the fluid within the channel such that the fluid in the channel insulates the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements
  • Publication number: 20130081734
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for electrostatically bonding coaxial tubing. An outer tube comprises an electrically conductive material and has an inner surface. An inner tube comprises material and has an outer surface. The inner tube and the outer tube are positioned to define a channel. A bridging structure comprising an electrically conductive material is positioned such that the bridging structure forms mechanical contact and an electrostatic connection between electrically conductive material on the tubes. The bridging structure is in mechanical contact with the inner surface of the outer tube at a first plurality of points and in mechanical contact with the outer surface of the inner tube at a second plurality of points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gregory M. Waugh, Michael Lyle Holbrook, Ronald Lawrence Clements
  • Publication number: 20130048134
    Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a structure. The structure is configured to be placed around a fluid line in a container that is configured to hold a fluid. The structure is further configured to reduce a flow of the fluid within a volume of the structure such that the fluid in the volume insulates the fluid line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Lyle Holbrook, Kevin O'Brien Gaw, Gregory M. Waugh, Ronald Lawrence Clements