Patents by Inventor Milan Stefanovic

Milan Stefanovic 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: 11261740
    Abstract: A balancing system and method for an engine of an aircraft includes a housing retaining a magnetorheological fluid including magnetic particles within a carrier fluid. Electromagnets are coupled to the housing. The electromagnets are associated with fan blades of the engine. A balancing control unit is in communication with the electromagnets and sensors of the fan blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Milan Stefanovic
  • Publication number: 20210207485
    Abstract: A balancing system and method for an engine of an aircraft includes a housing retaining a magnetorheological fluid including magnetic particles within a carrier fluid. Electromagnets are coupled to the housing. The electromagnets are associated with fan blades of the engine. A balancing control unit is in communication with the electromagnets and sensors of the fan blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Milan Stefanovic
  • Patent number: 10843787
    Abstract: Various techniques provide a heat shield assembly and mounting thereof on an aircraft. In one example, a heat shield assembly may include flexible member. The heat shield assembly may further include a plurality of frame members disposed on the flexible member. The heat shield assembly may further include a plurality of mounting structures configured to directly mount the heat shield assembly to a strut of an airplane. Each of the plurality of mounting structures may be disposed on one of the plurality of frame members. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Lowell B. Campbell, Michael D. Jones, Milan Stefanovic
  • Patent number: 10466187
    Abstract: Example systems and methods to optimize and integrate of thermal and structural analyses are described herein. An example method includes performing a thermal analysis of a component using a first mesh representing the component to produce a thermal distribution across the component. The first mesh has first nodes based on a first element size. The example method includes using a first mapping file to assign temperature values to second nodes of a second mesh representing the component based on the thermal distribution. The second nodes are based on a second element size different than the first element size. The example method also includes performing a structural analysis of the component using the second mesh and the assigned temperature values to produce gauge sizes for the component and using a second mapping file to assign gauge values to the first nodes of the first mesh based on the gauge sizes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Milan Stefanovic, Bradley A. Olmstead, Eric John Zimney, Naveena Mallikarjunaiah
  • Publication number: 20190300144
    Abstract: Various techniques provide a heat shield assembly and mounting thereof on an aircraft. In one example, a heat shield assembly may include flexible member. The heat shield assembly may further include a plurality of frame members disposed on the flexible member. The heat shield assembly may further include a plurality of mounting structures configured to directly mount the heat shield assembly to a strut of an airplane. Each of the plurality of mounting structures may be disposed on one of the plurality of frame members. Related methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Lowell B. Campbell, Michael D. Jones, Milan Stefanovic
  • Patent number: 10118709
    Abstract: In one example, a strut for mounting a jet engine to a wing of an aircraft includes a plurality of engine mounts and a space frame truss supported from the wing and including front and aft portions, the front portion being coupled to and supporting the engine mounts, the aft portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from an aft end of the front portion. By removing the aft end of the strut from the core exhaust zone of the engine, substantial reductions in the weight and drag of the strut, and a corresponding increase in the specific fuel consumption of the associated aircraft may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Robert H. Willie, Paul S. Park, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Leonard J. Hebert, Milan Stefanovic, Parminder Singh, Naimishkumar B. Harpal, Andrew Y. Na
  • Patent number: 10108766
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for analyzing fatigue of a structure and optimizing a characteristic of the structure based on the fatigue analysis are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes obtaining mass and unit stress values of a plurality of details of interest of a structural component, calculating fatigue margins for each of the details of interest, identifying among the calculated fatigue margins any negative fatigue margins associated with one or more of the details of interest, and adjusting, via a processor, a dimensional characteristic of each detail of interest associated with the negative fatigue margin(s) until positive fatigue margin(s) at each detail of interest is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Micah D. Druckman, Milan Stefanovic, Omid B. Nakhjavani
  • Publication number: 20180170562
    Abstract: In one example, a strut for mounting a jet engine to a wing of an aircraft includes a plurality of engine mounts and a space frame truss supported from the wing and including front and aft portions, the front portion being coupled to and supporting the engine mounts, the aft portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from an aft end of the front portion. By removing the aft end of the strut from the core exhaust zone of the engine, substantial reductions in the weight and drag of the strut, and a corresponding increase in the specific fuel consumption of the associated aircraft may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Robert H. Willie, Paul S. Park, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Leonard J. Hebert, Milan Stefanovic, Parminder Singh, Naimishkumar B. Harpal, Andrew Y. Na
  • Patent number: 9896217
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a strut for mounting a jet engine to a wing of an aircraft includes a plurality of engine mounts and a space frame truss supported from the wing and comprising front and aft portions, the front portion being coupled to and supporting the engine mounts, the aft portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from an aft end of the front portion. By removing the aft end of the strut from the core exhaust zone of the engine, substantial reductions in the weight and drag of the strut, and a corresponding increase in the specific fuel consumption of the associated aircraft may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Robert H. Willie, Paul S. Park, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Leonard J. Hebert, Milan Stefanovic, Parminder Singh, Naimishkumar B. Harpal, Andrew Y. Na
  • Publication number: 20170197723
    Abstract: In one example embodiment, a strut for mounting a jet engine to a wing of an aircraft includes a plurality of engine mounts and a space frame truss supported from the wing and comprising front and aft portions, the front portion being coupled to and supporting the engine mounts, the aft portion extending upwardly and rearwardly from an aft end of the front portion. By removing the aft end of the strut from the core exhaust zone of the engine, substantial reductions in the weight and drag of the strut, and a corresponding increase in the specific fuel consumption of the associated aircraft may be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Robert H. Willie, Paul S. Park, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Leonard J. Hebert, Milan Stefanovic, Parminder Singh, Naimishkumar B. Harpal, Andrew Y. Na
  • Publication number: 20160363546
    Abstract: Example systems and methods to optimize and integrate of thermal and structural analyses are described herein. An example method includes performing a thermal analysis of a component using a first mesh representing the component to produce a thermal distribution across the component. The first mesh has first nodes based on a first element size. The example method includes using a first mapping file to assign temperature values to second nodes of a second mesh representing the component based on the thermal distribution. The second nodes are based on a second element size different than the first element size. The example method also includes performing a structural analysis of the component using the second mesh and the assigned temperature values to produce gauge sizes for the component and using a second mapping file to assign gauge values to the first nodes of the first mesh based on the gauge sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Omid B. Nakhjavani, Mohammad Ali Heidari, Milan Stefanovic, Bradley A. Olmstead, Eric John Zimney, Naveena Mallikarjunaiah
  • Publication number: 20160125107
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for analyzing fatigue of a structure and optimizing a characteristic of the structure based on the fatigue analysis are disclosed herein. An example method disclosed herein includes obtaining mass and unit stress values of a plurality of details of interest of a structural component, calculating fatigue margins for each of the details of interest, identifying among the calculated fatigue margins any negative fatigue margins associated with one or more of the details of interest, and adjusting, via a processor, a dimensional characteristic of each detail of interest associated with the negative fatigue margin(s) until positive fatigue margin(s) at each detail of interest is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Micah D. Druckman, Milan Stefanovic, Omid B. Nakhjavani
  • Publication number: 20130008746
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method for the enclosed and automated lubricating of fasteners is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sleeve having an inside diameter larger than a diameter of the fastener, wherein the sleeve has at least one conduit located therein for dispensing lubricant onto the fastener; and a lubricant supply line coupled to the sleeve for supplying lubricant into the inside diameter of the sleeve for lubricating the fastener. The sleeve also has a pilot for maintaining the sleeve in a centered location about the fastener, wherein the centering ring has a diameter larger than the diameter of the fastener and smaller than the inside diameter of the sleeve. An optional scraper, such as an o-ring, is coupled to the sleeve to remove excess lubricant from the fastener when the fastener is removed from the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: VASKRSIJE JANKOVIC, MILAN STEFANOVIC
  • Patent number: 6838898
    Abstract: The invention is a test apparatus incorporating high current test pins, forced into contact with a circuit assembly under test by opposing compliant pressure pins. An advantageous test pin for low voltage, high current testing is a solid, one piece test pin. The solid test pin, when supplied with adequate contact force, provides both low resistance and low inductance. The required compliant force is applied to the test circuit, opposite and substantially in line with the solid test pin, by a compliant pressure pin. Since the test pin does not supply the compliant force, it can be designed primarily for the desired electrical parameters of the test contact. The only mechanical considerations for the conductive solid pin are the amount of desired surface contact area, the dominant mechanical parameter in setting the contact resistance, and the body dimensions, which determine the resistance and inductance of the pin itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: di/dt, Inc.
    Inventors: Milivoje Slobodan Brkovic, Milan Stefanovic, Jovan Zivkovic
  • Publication number: 20030132773
    Abstract: The invention is a test apparatus incorporating high current test pins, forced into contact with a circuit assembly under test by opposing compliant pressure pins. An advantageous test pin for low voltage, high current testing is a solid, one piece test pin. The solid test pin, when supplied with adequate contact force, provides both low resistance and low inductance. The required compliant force is applied to the test circuit, opposite and substantially in line with the solid test pin, by a compliant pressure pin. Since the test pin does not supply the compliant force, it can be designed primarily for the desired electrical parameters of the test contact. The only mechanical considerations for the conductive solid pin are the amount of desired surface contact area, the dominant mechanical parameter in setting the contact resistance, and the body dimensions, which determine the resistance and inductance of the pin itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Applicant: di/dt, Inc.
    Inventors: Milivoje Slobodan Brkovic, Milan Stefanovic, Jovan Zivkovic
  • Patent number: 5986902
    Abstract: For use with a power converter having a current sensor that senses an output current of the converter and generates a proportional voltage and a controller having an overvoltage protection circuit associated therewith. The overvoltage protection circuit includes a voltage sense input coupled to an output of the converter and a first reference voltage input, an integrated protection circuit, method of providing current-limiting and short-circuit protection and power converter employing the same. In one embodiment, the integrated protection circuit includes an operation amplifier circuit, coupled between the current sensor and the controller, that generates a voltage signal and causes the controller to limit a current supplied by the converter to the output when the proportional voltage exceeds a second reference voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Milivoje Slobodan Brkovic, Milan Stefanovic