Patents by Inventor Quentin Theodor Pietersen

Quentin Theodor Pietersen 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: 9211946
    Abstract: A wing fold system of a wing of an aircraft. The system may include a first lock of a latch to prevent movement of a latch pin of the latch to prevent movement of an unfixed portion of the wing with respect to a fixed portion of the wing, the first lock may include a first cam configured to prevent the second lock from transitioning to a second engaged position until the first lock may be in a first engaged position via contact with a second cam of the second lock. A second lock of the latch, the second lock may include the second cam configured to prevent the first lock from transitioning away from the first engaged position until the second lock transitions away from the second engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark Steven Good, Jan A. Kordel, Quentin Theodor Pietersen, Steven Paul Walker, Kelly Thomas Jones, Matthew August Lassen, Rickie Hansken
  • Publication number: 20140061371
    Abstract: A wing fold system of a wing of an aircraft. The system may include a first lock of a latch to prevent movement of a latch pin of the latch to prevent movement of an unfixed portion of the wing with respect to a fixed portion of the wing, the first lock may include a first cam configured to prevent the second lock from transitioning to a second engaged position until the first lock may be in a first engaged position via contact with a second cam of the second lock. A second lock of the latch, the second lock may include the second cam configured to prevent the first lock from transitioning away from the first engaged position until the second lock transitions away from the second engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark Steven Good, Jan A. Kordel, Quentin Theodor Pietersen, Steven Paul Walker, Kelly Thomas Jones, Matthew August Lassen, Rickie Hansken
  • Patent number: 7681837
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning a swing tail cargo door. An alignment system comprises an alignment ramp, a set of pull-in hook mechanisms, and a set of lock trains. The alignment ramp may be configured for initial alignment between a swing tail cargo door and an aircraft fuselage during closing of the swing tail cargo door. The set of pull-in hook mechanisms may be disposed along an interface between the swing tail cargo door and the aircraft fuselage and may be capable of a final alignment between the swing tail cargo door and the aircraft fuselage during the closing of the swing tail cargo door. The set of lock trains may be disposed along the interface and may be capable of locking a plurality of latch actuators in the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Darryl Hitoshi Nakamura, Kurt Poechlauer, Craig Alan Vyeson, Roger Probert-Baker, Quentin Theodor Pietersen
  • Publication number: 20090045288
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for aligning a swing tail cargo door. An alignment system comprises an alignment ramp, a set of pull-in hook mechanisms, and a set of lock trains. The alignment ramp may be configured for initial alignment between a swing tail cargo door and an aircraft fuselage during closing of the swing tail cargo door. The set of pull-in hook mechanisms may be disposed along an interface between the swing tail cargo door and the aircraft fuselage and may be capable of a final alignment between the swing tail cargo door and the aircraft fuselage during the closing of the swing tail cargo door. The set of lock trains may be disposed along the interface and may be capable of locking a plurality of latch actuators in the latched position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Darryl Hitoshi Nakamura, Kurt Poechlauer, Craig Alan Vyeson, Roger Probert-Baker, Quentin Theodor Pietersen