Patents by Inventor Paul D. Hansen

Paul D. Hansen 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: 8437893
    Abstract: A method of providing meteorological data for aeronautical use. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of data sources, processing the data to determine current meteorological conditions of a current location of an aircraft in an airspace, and providing the current meteorological conditions to the aircraft and other users as appropriate, such as airline operations centers, air navigation service providers, and national weather service providers. Based on current aircraft behavior data and guidance systems design, beneficial wind and meteorological data can be established for a given flight and its cleared route and descent path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert W. Mead, Louis J. Bailey, Paul D. Hansen, Ferdinando Dijkstra
  • Publication number: 20090012663
    Abstract: A method of providing meteorological data for aeronautical use. The method includes collecting data from a plurality of data sources, processing the data to determine current meteorological conditions of a current location of an aircraft in an airspace, and providing the current meteorological conditions to the aircraft and other users as appropriate, such as airline operations centers, air navigation service providers, and national weather service providers. Based on current aircraft behavior data and guidance systems design, beneficial wind and meteorological data can be established for a given flight and its cleared route and descent path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Robert W. Mead, Louis J. Bailey, Paul D. Hansen, Ferdinando Dijkstra
  • Patent number: 6183492
    Abstract: A catheter includes an introducer and a flow isolator adapted for disposition in a primary conduit to facilitate flow in the primary conduit while inhibiting flow and intersecting secondary conduits. The flow isolator may include a tubular mesh and surrounding balloon structure. Alternatively, a sleeve can be provided with a primary opening and a secondary opening which are sized to inflate the sleeve with the body fluid. Structures for deploying the sleeve between a low-profile state and high-profile state may include expandable fingers, or pneumatic chambers inflatable from an external source. In operation the sleeve can be forced by the body fluid against the intersection with the secondary conduits to achieve isolation. Alternatively, the pneumatic chambers can be inflated to form seals with the primary conduit. A blood filter or snare is contemplated to filter any blood clots which may develop around the flow isolator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Inventors: Charles C. Hart, Paul D. Hansen, Said Hilal, Mark Ashby, Lee L. Swanstrom, Bounsavanh Pravongviengkham, John R. Brustad
  • Patent number: 4850735
    Abstract: A latching mechanism for affixing a first item to a second item includes a male latching portion affixed to the first item, and a cavity defined within the second item disposed to receive the male latching portion. The male latching portion includes a tongue affixed to, and extending outward from, the surface of the end of the first item that is to abut the surface of the end of the second item when the first item is affixed to the second item. The tongue of the male latching portion defines a spring finger therewithin having one end thereof affixed to the end of the tongue closest to the surface of the end of the first item and extends outward therefrom surrounded by the sides and end of the tongue. The spring finger has at its free end a locking tooth that extends downward from the tongue to be captured within the cavity of the second item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Inventors: Paul D. Hansen, Garrett B. DeCerce, William J. Schmidt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4780924
    Abstract: A tooth brush with a handle portion in the shape of a bent trapezoid and a head portion affixed thereto, and a latch mechanism to affix two items to each other. The tail region is affixed to one end of the main body region and angled upward with respect to the main body region. The "S" shaped region is affixed to the other end of the main body region with an upper and a lower curved indentation to form the "S". The surfaces of the "S" shaped region that form the "S" are extensions of the top and bottom surfaces of the main body region. Finally, the head portion is affixed to the proximate end of the "S" shaped region, with the head portion having bristles affixed thereto in a selected pattern. The latching mechanism for affixing a first item to a second item includes a male latching portion affixed to the first item, and a cavity defined within the second item disposed to receive the male latching portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Inventors: Paul D. Hansen, Garrett B. DeCerce, William J. Schmidt, Jr.