Patents by Inventor Nathanial C. Cuddy
Nathanial C. Cuddy 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: 11511880Abstract: An embedded light source in a composite panel. A first electrode and a second electrode are associated with a first layer of material. A light source is positioned in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. An assembly comprising the first layer of material, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the light source is processed to form a multilayer panel with an embedded light source.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Abhishek Pradeep Kulkarni, John Christopher Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 11242889Abstract: An adjustable tie rod includes a first end defined by a screw rod, wherein the screw rod includes a threaded portion, and a second end opposite the first end, wherein an overall length of the adjustable tie rod is defined as a distance between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the adjustable tie rod. A tie rod shaft extends between and couples the first end and the second end, and a gearbox is fixed with respect to the tie rod shaft. An adjustment actuator is operatively coupled to the gearbox such that selective actuation of the adjustment actuator causes translation of the screw rod along the longitudinal axis and with respect to the gearbox when the first end is prevented from rotating about the longitudinal axis, thereby adjusting the overall length of the adjustable tie rod.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Nathanial C. Cuddy, Samuel Alexander Mori, Jonah Gary Hanson, Allyssa Katherine Young
-
Patent number: 11059586Abstract: A rigid member configured to maintain components in spaced relationship is disclosed. An outer wall portion of the rigid member is arranged substantially concentric about a central axis and a fastener-receiving portion is arranged within the outer wall portion. The fastener-receiving member defines a central bore extending therethrough and oriented substantially concentric about the central axis. A plurality of interconnecting portions extend between the outer wall portion and the fastener-receiving portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Publication number: 20210062861Abstract: An adjustable tie rod includes a first end defined by a screw rod, wherein the screw rod includes a threaded portion, and a second end opposite the first end, wherein an overall length of the adjustable tie rod is defined as a distance between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis of the adjustable tie rod. A tie rod shaft extends between and couples the first end and the second end, and a gearbox is fixed with respect to the tie rod shaft. An adjustment actuator is operatively coupled to the gearbox such that selective actuation of the adjustment actuator causes translation of the screw rod along the longitudinal axis and with respect to the gearbox when the first end is prevented from rotating about the longitudinal axis, thereby adjusting the overall length of the adjustable tie rod.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Nathanial C. Cuddy, Samuel Alexander Mori, Jonah Gary Hanson, Allyssa Katherine Young
-
Publication number: 20200378150Abstract: A rigid member configured to maintain components in spaced relationship is disclosed. An outer wall portion of the rigid member is arranged substantially concentric about a central axis and a fastener-receiving portion is arranged within the outer wall portion. The fastener-receiving member defines a central bore extending therethrough and oriented substantially concentric about the central axis. A plurality of interconnecting portions extend between the outer wall portion and the fastener-receiving portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2019Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 10815108Abstract: Provided are flush mountable bottle openers and methods of using such openers to remove bottle caps. These openers may be used in aircraft and other types of vehicles as well as any applications where protrusion away from supporting structures may be undesirable. A flush mountable bottle opener may include a base and a cap leverage plate pivotably coupled to the base. The base may protrude into a supporting structure such that the top edge of the base is substantially flush with the surface of the supporting structure. When the opener is not in use, the cap leverage plate may be closed and be substantially coplanar with the base edge. During operation, the cap leverage plate is brought into its open position directly by a user or using a bottle. The base and plate include engagement surfaces that support a bottle cap while the cap is removed.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Nathanial C. Cuddy, Paul T. Bridgeman
-
Patent number: 10443635Abstract: A fastening system for joining a first composite sandwich panel and a second composite sandwich panel comprising a cam assembly and a stud receiving assembly. The cam assembly is configured to be positioned within a first hole extending through a thickness of a first composite sandwich panel. The cam assembly comprises a housing and a cam connector rotatable within the housing. The cam connector is configured to engage a head of a stud. The stud receiving assembly is configured to be positioned within a second hole extending through a thickness of a second composite sandwich panel. The stud receiving assembly has internal retaining channels configured to secure a first end of the stud.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Publication number: 20190084689Abstract: An embedded light source in a composite panel. A first electrode and a second electrode are associated with a first layer of material. A light source is positioned in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. An assembly comprising the first layer of material, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the light source is processed to form a multilayer panel with an embedded light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Inventors: Abhishek Pradeep Kulkarni, John Christopher Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 10232549Abstract: Sound damping structures and methods for additively manufacturing composite structures having sound damping properties. In some embodiments, sound damping structures may be manufactured according to methods that may include selecting a desired sound damping geometry, inputting a three-dimensional computer-aided design model of the geometry into an additive manufacturing machine, and additively manufacturing a three-dimensional sound damping structure corresponding to the computer-aided design model.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael William Hayes, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 10201940Abstract: A computer implemented apparatus and method for receiving tool paths that a dispensing head follows to deposit roads of material for successively building object layers of a 3D object during an additive manufacturing process, generating simulated object layers of a simulated 3D object from the tool paths, wherein the simulated object layers represent an interior geometry of each one of the object layers, determining a contact surface area between adjacent ones of the simulated object layers, and determining a predicted mechanical property of the 3D object from the contact surface area and a material property of the material.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 12, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael W. Hayes, Loren J. Strahm, Nathanial C. Cuddy, Daniel E. Muntges
-
Patent number: 10149387Abstract: An active composite panel assembly is configured to transfer electrical signals from a source to an electrical device. The active composite panel assembly includes a composite layer, and an active layer secured to the composite layer. The active layer is configured to receive and conduct the electrical signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Sesinando P. Macaraeg, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 10099800Abstract: A method and an apparatus for forming an embedded light source in a composite panel. A first electrode and a second electrode are associated with a first layer of material. A light source is positioned in electrical communication with the first electrode and the second electrode. An assembly comprising the first layer of material, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the light source is processed to form a multilayer panel with an embedded light source.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Abhishek Pradeep Kulkarni, John Christopher Wilde, Xiaoxi Wang, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Publication number: 20180251357Abstract: Provided are flush mountable bottle openers and methods of using such openers to remove bottle caps. These openers may be used in aircraft and other types of vehicles as well as any applications where protrusion away from supporting structures may be undesirable. A flush mountable bottle opener may include a base and a cap leverage plate pivotably coupled to the base. The base may protrude into a supporting structure such that the top edge of the base is substantially flush with the surface of the supporting structure. When the opener is not in use, the cap leverage plate may be closed and be substantially coplanar with the base edge. During operation, the cap leverage plate is brought into its open position directly by a user or using a bottle. The base and plate include engagement surfaces that support a bottle cap while the cap is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Nathanial C. Cuddy, Paul T. Bridgeman
-
Patent number: 9988254Abstract: Provided are flush mountable bottle openers and methods of using such openers to remove bottle caps. These openers may be used in aircraft and other types of vehicles as well as any applications where protrusion away from supporting structures may be undesirable. A flush mountable bottle opener may include a base and a cap leverage plate pivotably coupled to the base. The base may protrude into a supporting structure such that the top edge of the base is substantially flush with the surface of the supporting structure. When the opener is not in use, the cap leverage plate may be closed and be substantially coplanar with the base edge. During operation, the cap leverage plate is brought into its open position directly by a user or using a bottle. The base and plate include engagement surfaces that support a bottle cap while the cap is removed.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Nathanial C. Cuddy, Paul T. Bridgeman
-
Publication number: 20180106282Abstract: A fastening system for joining a first composite sandwich panel and a second composite sandwich panel comprising a cam assembly and a stud receiving assembly. The cam assembly is configured to be positioned within a first hole extending through a thickness of a first composite sandwich panel. The cam assembly comprises a housing and a cam connector rotatable within the housing. The cam connector is configured to engage a head of a stud. The stud receiving assembly is configured to be positioned within a second hole extending through a thickness of a second composite sandwich panel. The stud receiving assembly has internal retaining channels configured to secure a first end of the stud.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: 9862164Abstract: Methods for manufacturing composite panels for use in the interior of an aircraft are disclosed, specifically, methods of manufacturing joggled composite panels comprising metal inserts and the resulting composite panels and inserts.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Kyle L. Gray, Nathanial C. Cuddy, Harold G. Erickson
-
Publication number: 20170303402Abstract: An active composite panel assembly is configured to transfer electrical signals from a source to an electrical device. The active composite panel assembly includes a composite layer, and an active layer secured to the composite layer. The active layer is configured to receive and conduct the electrical signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2016Publication date: October 19, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Sesinando P. Macaraeg, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Publication number: 20170136703Abstract: A computer implemented apparatus and method for receiving tool paths that a dispensing head follows to deposit roads of material for successively building object layers of a 3D object during an additive manufacturing process, generating simulated object layers of a simulated 3D object from the tool paths, wherein the simulated object layers represent an interior geometry of each one of the object layers, determining a contact surface area between adjacent ones of the simulated object layers, and determining a predicted mechanical property of the 3D object from the contact surface area and a material property of the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Michael W. Hayes, Loren J. Strahm, Nathanial C. Cuddy, Daniel E Muntges
-
Publication number: 20170072638Abstract: Sound damping structures and methods for additively manufacturing composite structures having sound damping properties. In some embodiments, sound damping structures may be manufactured according to methods that may include selecting a desired sound damping geometry, inputting a three-dimensional computer-aided design model of the geometry into an additive manufacturing machine, and additively manufacturing a three-dimensional sound damping structure corresponding to the computer-aided design model.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael Williams Hayes, Nathanial C. Cuddy
-
Patent number: D913081Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Nathanial C. Cuddy