Patents by Inventor Paul Oldroyd
Paul Oldroyd 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).
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Patent number: 10810672Abstract: A network interface receives portfolio data related to an investment plan portfolio of a participant. A processor identifies a first plurality of risk factors associated with market conditions, wherein the first plurality of risk factors comprises a future data and risk strength. The processor further identifies a second plurality of risk factors associated with the participant. The processor then generates glide path data based at least partially on the first plurality of risk factors and the second plurality of risk factors. The processor also generates a glide path map based at least partially on the generated glide path data.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Inventors: Christine Pleiman Wootton, Lynn Adrienne Avitabile, Daniel Paul Oldroyd, Katherine Ann Stallkamp Santiago
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Patent number: 10040269Abstract: A present system of the present application provides for reticulating adhesive to the surface network of cellular core. As such, the present invention allows for substantial improvements over prior systems. The present invention may be implemented with any aircraft, wind turbine, rocket, space satellite, or land vehicle, but there is nothing within the spirit and scope of the present invention limiting it to any particular application. The teachings of the present invention are useful to any composite structure utilizing cellular core.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Dan Reller, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20170320289Abstract: A composite core includes a plurality of tubes, each the plurality of tubes comprising a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. Adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes are adhesively bonded to one another along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes including a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix, and adhesively bonding adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core such that a removable band is included in the core, the removable band being configured to be removable through a procedure subsequent to the cure of the composite core, thereby producing gaps in the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: James D. Hethcock, Kenneth E. Nunn, Paul Oldroyd
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Patent number: 9783289Abstract: The present application relates a core member for a core-stiffened structural assembly. The core member includes a plurality of cell members oriented a direction to provide a tailored stiffness in a certain direction. The core member can further include one or more planar members that can aid in shear transfer between cell members. The cell members can be made from bonding a plurality of corrugated layers together. The core-stiffened structure can be a rotor blade for an aircraft. In such an embodiment, the torsional stiffness of the rotor blade can be tailored in at least one of the chordwise and spanwise directions to provide tailor a torsional stiffness at any give location in the rotor blade.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Wei-Yueh Lee, Paul Oldroyd
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Patent number: 9713913Abstract: A composite core includes a plurality of tubes, each the plurality of tubes comprising a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. Adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes are adhesively bonded to one another along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes including a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix, and adhesively bonding adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core such that a removable band is included in the core, the removable band being configured to be removable through a procedure subsequent to the cure of the composite core, thereby producing gaps in the core.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2011Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: James D. Hethcock, Kenneth E. Nunn, Paul Oldroyd
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Patent number: 9701403Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotorcraft yoke comprises a plurality of arms. The plurality of arms, in combination, comprise a plurality of fibrous plies extending continuously throughout all of the plurality of arms.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Amarjit Kizhakkepat, Levi Armstrong, Tyler Baldwin, Paul Oldroyd, Michael J. Southerland
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Patent number: 9638048Abstract: A method of constructing a cured composite assembly includes positioning a composite assembly within a bonding tool, wherein the composite assembly comprises an uncured composite spar and a skin and performing a curing cycle on the composite assembly to simultaneously cure the uncured composite spar and bond the skin to the cured composite spar.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Ronald J. Measom, James R. Stamper, Jr., Robert Self, Paul Sherrill, Paul Oldroyd, Neil Edward Morrow, Russell Cole
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Patent number: 9505489Abstract: A flexible joint assembly for providing flexure to a rotor blade comprising an upper hub plate and a lower hub plate configured to secure a rotor blade yoke via a bolted joint located radially outward of a mast; and an upper flexure assembly connected to the upper hub plate and a lower flexure assembly connected to the lower hub plate, wherein the upper flexure assembly and lower flexure assembly are configured to promote flapping of the rotor blade yoke about a flapping hinge located radially outward of the bolted joint.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Drew Sutton, Frank B. Stamps, Patrick Ryan Tisdale, Paul Oldroyd
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Patent number: 9364930Abstract: A method of manipulating a thin-walled structure includes providing a thin-walled structure in a first unconstrained configuration, constraining the thin-walled structure to a first constrained configuration in which a first feature of the thin-walled structure is spatially located relative to the a second feature of the thin-walled structure in a predetermined manner, wherein an open volume of the thin-walled structure is constrained to maintain a predetermined open volume shape, and machining the thin-walled structure to a second constrained configuration in which the first feature of the thin-walled structure remains spatially located relative to the second feature of the thin-walled structure in the predetermined manner.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: J. Donn Hethcock, Scott Wolthuis, Robert Brack, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20160063631Abstract: A network interface receives portfolio data related to an investment plan portfolio of a participant. A processor identifies a first plurality of risk factors associated with market conditions, wherein the first plurality of risk factors comprises a future data and risk strength. The processor further identifies a second plurality of risk factors associated with the participant. The processor then generates glide path data based at least partially on the first plurality of risk factors and the second plurality of risk factors. The processor also generates a glide path map based at least partially on the generated glide path data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 3, 2016Inventors: Christine Pleiman Wootton, Lynn Adrienne Avitabile, Daniel Paul Oldroyd, Katherine Ann Stallkamp Santiago
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Publication number: 20150367936Abstract: The present application relates a core member for a core-stiffened structural assembly. The core member includes a plurality of cell members oriented a direction to provide a tailored stiffness in a certain direction. The core member can further include one or more planar members that can aid in shear transfer between cell members. The cell members can be made from bonding a plurality of corrugated layers together. The core-stiffened structure can be a rotor blade for an aircraft. In such an embodiment, the torsional stiffness of the rotor blade can be tailored in at least one of the chordwise and spanwise directions to provide tailor a torsional stiffness at any give location in the rotor blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2015Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicant: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Wei-Yueh Lee, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20150232175Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rotorcraft yoke comprises a plurality of arms. The plurality of arms, in combination, comprise a plurality of fibrous plies extending continuously throughout all of the plurality of arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2014Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Amarjit Kizhakkepat, Levi Armstrong, Tyler Baldwin, Paul Oldroyd, Michael J. Southerland
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Patent number: 9096316Abstract: The present application relates a core member for a core-stiffened structural assembly. The core member includes a plurality of cell members oriented a direction to provide a tailored stiffness in a certain direction. The core member can further include one or more planar members that can aid in shear transfer between cell members. The cell members can be made from bonding a plurality of corrugated layers together. The core-stiffened structure can be a rotor blade for an aircraft. In such an embodiment, the torsional stiffness of the rotor blade can be tailored in at least one of the chordwise and spanwise directions to provide tailor a torsional stiffness at any give location in the rotor blade.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Wei-Yueh Lee, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20140271200Abstract: A flexible joint assembly for providing flexure to a rotor blade comprising an upper hub plate and a lower hub plate configured to secure a rotor blade yoke via a bolted joint located radially outward of a mast; and an upper flexure assembly connected to the upper hub plate and a lower flexure assembly connected to the lower hub plate, wherein the upper flexure assembly and lower flexure assembly are configured to promote flapping of the rotor blade yoke about a flapping hinge located radially outward of the bolted joint.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Drew Sutton, Frank B. Stamps, Patrick Ryan Tisdale, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20140259628Abstract: A method of manipulating a thin-walled structure includes providing a thin-walled structure in a first unconstrained configuration, constraining the thin-walled structure to a first constrained configuration in which a first feature of the thin-walled structure is spatially located relative to the a second feature of the thin-walled structure in a predetermined manner, wherein an open volume of the thin-walled structure is constrained to maintain a predetermined open volume shape, and machining the thin-walled structure to a second constrained configuration in which the first feature of the thin-walled structure remains spatially located relative to the second feature of the thin-walled structure in the predetermined manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: J. Donn Hethcock, Scott Wolthuis, Robert Brack, Paul Oldroyd
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Patent number: 8784604Abstract: The shear bonding method is configured to facilitate bonding of structures in an out-of-autoclave environment. The shear bonding method includes bonding a plurality of frame members to the interior of a tapered tailboom. The frames are located on a bayonet type tool. An adhesive pack is applied to each frame. The bayonet type tool is inserted into the tailboom until the adhesive packs come into contact with the interior walls of the tailboom. Conductive heating tiles are applied to the tailboom. The conductive heating tiles are controlled to achieve and maintain viscosity of the adhesive packs. During this period the bayonet tool is actuated so that the frames are translated in relation to the tailboom. The heating tiles are then controlled to achieve and maintain the adhesive at a requisite curing temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Paul Oldroyd, James Donn Hethcock, Robert Clive Fews
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Publication number: 20130195672Abstract: The present application relates a core member for a core-stiffened structural assembly. The core member includes a plurality of cell members oriented a direction to provide a tailored stiffness in a certain direction. The core member can further include one or more planar members that can aid in shear transfer between cell members. The cell members can be made from bonding a plurality of corrugated layers together. The core-stiffened structure can be a rotor blade for an aircraft. In such an embodiment, the torsional stiffness of the rotor blade can be tailored in at least one of the chordwise and spanwise directions to provide tailor a torsional stiffness at any give location in the rotor blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: BELL HICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Wei-Yueh Lee, Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20130092792Abstract: The shear bonding method is configured to facilitate bonding of structures in an out-of-autoclave environment. The shear bonding method includes bonding a plurality of frame members to the interior of a tapered tailboom. The frames are located on a bayonet type tool. An adhesive pack is applied to each frame. The bayonet type tool is inserted into the tailboom until the adhesive packs come into contact with the interior walls of the tailboom. Conductive heating tiles are applied to the tailboom. The conductive heating tiles are controlled to achieve and maintain viscosity of the adhesive packs. During this period the bayonet tool is actuated so that the frames are translated in relation to the tailboom. The heating tiles are then controlled to achieve and maintain the adhesive at a requisite curing temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2011Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.Inventors: Paul Oldroyd, James Donn Hethcock, Robert Clive Fews
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Publication number: 20120021165Abstract: A composite core includes a plurality of tubes, each the plurality of tubes comprising a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. Adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes are adhesively bonded to one another along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes, each of the plurality of tubes including a plurality of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix, and adhesively bonding adjacent tubes of the plurality of tubes along sides of the adjacent tubes. A method of making a composite core such that a removable band is included in the core, the removable band being configured to be removable through a procedure subsequent to the cure of the composite core, thereby producing gaps in the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2011Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: BELL HELLICOPTER TEXTRON UNC.Inventors: James D. Hethcock, Kenneth E. Nunn, JR., Paul Oldroyd
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Publication number: 20110151183Abstract: A present system of the present application provides for reticulating adhesive to the surface network of cellular core. As such, the present invention allows for substantial improvements over prior systems. The present invention may be implemented with any aircraft, wind turbine, rocket, space satellite, or land vehicle, but there is nothing within the spirit and scope of the present invention limiting it to any particular application. The teachings of the present invention are useful to any composite structure utilizing cellular core.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Dan Reller, Paul Oldroyd