Patents by Inventor Paul M. Wilde

Paul M. Wilde 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).

  • System and method for restraining cargo
    Patent number: 10577106
    Abstract: An aircraft cargo restraint system includes an attenuator member fixed at two first attachment locations within a cargo storage compartment of a fuselage of an aircraft. The cargo restraint system also includes a cargo restraint configured to be coupled to the attenuator member at a second attachment location of the attenuator member, located between the two first attachment locations. The cargo restraint is configured to restrain cargo loaded on a cargo deck of the cargo storage compartment. The attenuator member is configured to deflect in response to a load applied to the attenuator member by the cargo restraint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gabriel A. Quixano Mendez, Paul M. Wilde, Ananthram Kota Shashidhar, Haisan K. Trinh
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTRAINING CARGO
    Publication number: 20190061945
    Abstract: An aircraft cargo restraint system includes an attenuator member fixed at two first attachment locations within a cargo storage compartment of a fuselage of an aircraft. The cargo restraint system also includes a cargo restraint configured to be coupled to the attenuator member at a second attachment location of the attenuator member, located between the two first attachment locations. The cargo restraint is configured to restrain cargo loaded on a cargo deck of the cargo storage compartment. The attenuator member is configured to deflect in response to a load applied to the attenuator member by the cargo restraint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gabriel A. Quixano Mendez, Paul M. Wilde, Ananthram Kota Shashidhar, Haisan K. Trinh
  • Cantilever beam, insertable, vortex meter sensor
    Patent number: 4791818
    Abstract: A vortex fluid flowmeter having an outer cantilever beam affixed to a sensor body which has bearing surfaces and a flange that serve to locate and fix the sensor in the meter, the outer beam depending from the sensor body, with the upper portion of the outer beam being a hollow circular tube that serves as a flexure, the lower portion of the beam being solid and forming a vane that intrudes into a slot in the bluff body. An inner cantilever beam is provided in spaced relation within the hollow tube portion and secured therein at a point adjacent the bearing surfaces. A strain gage beam is secured to the inner beam and extends upwardly within the tubular portion, with a flexible link secured between the upper end thereof and the inner adjacent wall of the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventor: Paul M. Wilde