Patents by Inventor Nicholas Toon

Nicholas Toon 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).

  • Publication number: 20240375787
    Abstract: A device to engage with a steering mechanism of a nose landing gear of an aircraft to limit steering rotation of the nose landing gear. The device includes a first chock sized to fit within a first space formed in the nose landing gear at a first cylinder of a steering mechanism, and a second chock sized to fit within a second space formed in the nose landing gear at a second cylinder. The first chock is configured to engage with the first cylinder and to compress to prevent retraction of the first cylinder beyond a first predetermined length. The second chock is configured to engage with the second cylinder and to compress to prevent retraction of the second cylinder beyond a second predetermined length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Toon, Lance Joseph Bakken, Andrew Henry Adams, Brian A. Harr
  • Patent number: 11530051
    Abstract: A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft is disclosed. The tow bar fitting includes a mount, a pin support, and a tow pin. The mount includes an upper attachment and a lower attachment for affixing the tow bar fitting to a landing gear of the aircraft. The pin support extends from the mount away from the landing gear. The tow pin is positioned in the pin support such that a tow pin plane that horizontally bisects the tow pin is lower than a mount plane that horizontally bisects the upper attachment and the lower attachment when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Navid Daneshvaran, Takao Suzuki, Nicholas J. Moffitt, Nicholas Toon, Michael Lewis McGillivray
  • Publication number: 20210380276
    Abstract: A tow bar fitting for towing an aircraft is disclosed. The tow bar fitting includes a mount, a pin support, and a tow pin. The mount includes an upper attachment and a lower attachment for affixing the tow bar fitting to a landing gear of the aircraft. The pin support extends from the mount away from the landing gear. The tow pin is positioned in the pin support such that a tow pin plane that horizontally bisects the tow pin is lower than a mount plane that horizontally bisects the upper attachment and the lower attachment when the aircraft is right-side-up on the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Navid Daneshvaran, Takao Suzuki, Nicholas J. Moffitt, Nicholas Toon, Michael Lewis McGillivray
  • Patent number: 9676474
    Abstract: A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction includes a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction. The spring assembly includes a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction. The second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Toon
  • Publication number: 20160355255
    Abstract: A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction includes a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction. The spring assembly includes a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction. The second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventor: Nicholas Toon
  • Patent number: 9440732
    Abstract: A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction includes a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction. The spring assembly includes a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction. The second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Nicholas Toon
  • Publication number: 20160167770
    Abstract: A spring assembly elongate along a longitudinal direction includes a first spring that includes a first spring member and a first elongate member that extends from the first spring member along the longitudinal direction. The spring assembly includes a second spring including a second spring member and a second elongate member that extends from the second spring member along the longitudinal direction. The second elongate member extends through the first spring member, and the first elongate member extends through the second spring member such that the first and second spring members are spaced apart with respect to each other along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Nicholas Toon