Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Urban

Michael Patrick Urban 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: 11921677
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to sharing namespaces across file system clusters. A file in a spoke file system may be determined based on a command provided to the spoke file system such that the file may be associated with an inode mask. Data blocks associated with the file may be determined based on the command and the inode mask such that the data blocks may be absent from the spoke file system. Requests for leases may be generated based on the absent data blocks such that each lease request corresponds to a portion of the absent data blocks Employing the leases provided by a hub file system to: copy the absent data blocks from the hub file system where each portion of absent data blocks may be associated with a lease; updating the inode mask to include the leases and each copied portion of absent blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Qumulo, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Kirby, Austin Elery Voecks, Alan Francisco Delgado Duran, Noah Trent Nelson, Thomas Scott Urban, Benjamin Gregory Reeves
  • Patent number: 8302907
    Abstract: A hybrid torque box comprising a plurality of composite tubes and metal fittings attached together in alternating succession and configured to attach a thrust reverser to an engine fan case of an aircraft. The hybrid torque box may be substantially hollow and may comprise two V-blades for attaching the torque box to the engine fan case. The hybrid torque box may also be attached to or integral with a bull nose fairing configured for attachment with a cascade of the thrust reverser. Furthermore, the hybrid torque box may comprise and/or attach to a cowl interface flange configured for interfacing with an outer cowl of the thrust reverser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Welch, Henry Arnold Schaefer, Matthew Scott Tymes, Michael Patrick Urban
  • Publication number: 20110215193
    Abstract: A hybrid torque box comprising a plurality of composite tubes and metal fittings attached together in alternating succession and configured to attach a thrust reverser to an engine fan case of an aircraft. The hybrid torque box may be substantially hollow and may comprise two V-blades for attaching the torque box to the engine fan case. The hybrid torque box may also be attached to or integral with a bull nose fairing configured for attachment with a cascade of the thrust reverser. Furthermore, the hybrid torque box may comprise and/or attach to a cowl interface flange configured for interfacing with an outer cowl of the thrust reverser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John M. Welch, Henry Arnold Schaefer, Matthew Scott Tymes, Michael Patrick Urban