Patents by Inventor Nathan A. Owens

Nathan A. Owens 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: 9371799
    Abstract: Thrust-reverser assemblies that utilize active flow-control and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The thrust-reverser assemblies define a forward-thrust configuration and a reverse-thrust configuration. The thrust-reverser assemblies include a bullnose fairing that defines a portion of a reverser duct and an active flow-control device. The active flow-control device is located to energize a boundary layer fluid flow within a boundary layer that is adjacent to the bullnose fairing to resist separation of the boundary layer from the bullnose fairing when the thrust-reverser assembly is in the reverse-thrust configuration. The methods include flowing a thrust-reverser fluid stream through the reverser duct to generate the boundary layer and energizing a boundary layer fluid flow within the boundary layer with an active flow-control device to resist separation of the boundary layer from the bullnose fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Nathan Owen Packard, Daniel Paul Brzozowski, Zachariah B. Vandemark, Hin-Fan M. Lau, Michael L. Sangwin, Frederick W. Roos
  • Publication number: 20160132829
    Abstract: Disclosed is a program and project assessment system. The program and project assessment system typically includes a processor, a memory, and a program and project assessment module stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Angela Barbarito Lukin, David Nathan Owen, Larry E. Cravens, Peter A. Babb, II, Robert J. Maloney
  • Publication number: 20160020944
    Abstract: Methods and systems for processing signals and data are disclosed. An example method can comprise receiving a first portion of a first signal. An example method can comprise processing the first portion of the first signal based on a module. The module can comprise instructions for physical layer processing. An example method can comprise receiving an update for the module. The update can be configured to modify the instructions for physical layer processing. The module can be reconfigured based on the update. An example method can comprise processing at least one of a second portion of the first signal and a second signal based on the module reconfigured based on the update.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Drew Taylor, Nathan A. Owens
  • Patent number: 9197742
    Abstract: Techniques for ver ring identity and/or location of a customer. One embodiment involves receiving a customer-provided address from a customer in a communication via a computer network or telephone network. The customer is a person or entity paying to receive calls from a resident of a controlled access residential institution. The embodiment further involves accessing a computer system to identify location information associated with the customer, the location information derived from additional information within or about the communication and determining a reliability estimate of the customer-provided address by comparing the customer-provided address with the location information associated with the customer that was identified based on the additional information. The embodiment may involve notifying a telecommunications provider, the controlled access residential institution, or law enforcement based on the reliability estimate of the customer-provided address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Confinement Telephony Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Charles David Orr, John Vincent Townsend, Zachary Alan Way, Peter Slauta, III, Ronald Nathan Owens
  • Publication number: 20150308377
    Abstract: Thrust-reverser assemblies that utilize active flow-control and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The thrust-reverser assemblies define a forward-thrust configuration and a reverse-thrust configuration. The thrust-reverser assemblies include a bullnose fairing that defines a portion of a reverser duct and an active flow-control device. The active flow-control device is located to energize a boundary layer fluid flow within a boundary layer that is adjacent to the bullnose fairing to resist separation of the boundary layer from the bullnose fairing when the thrust-reverser assembly is in the reverse-thrust configuration. The methods include flowing a thrust-reverser fluid stream through the reverser duct to generate the boundary layer and energizing a boundary layer fluid flow within the boundary layer with an active flow-control device to resist separation of the boundary layer from the bullnose fairing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Nathan Owen Packard, Daniel Paul Brzozowski, Zachariah B. Vandemark, Hin-Fan M. Lau, Michael L. Sangwin, Frederick W. Roos