Patents by Inventor Ramanlal A. Patel

Ramanlal A. Patel 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: 9097003
    Abstract: Saddle bracket assemblies and corresponding methods of assembly and/or use are disclosed. Saddle brackets comprise two bracket members, a male bracket member and a female bracket member. The bracket members are configured to mate to a panel, such as a sandwich panel, through one or more panel passages through the panel. The bracket members generally have an L-shaped profile with two arms. The male bracket member includes one or more standoffs affixed to one arm, the standoff(s) being configured to fit the panel passage(s). The saddle bracket is assembled by inserting the standoff(s) through the panel passage(s), aligning the female bracket member to the standoff(s) and/or the panel passage(s), and securing the bracket members together with one or more panel connectors coupling the standoff(s) of the male bracket member, though the panel passage(s), to the female bracket member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Saif Sultan, Bogdan M. Popescu, Ramanlal A. Patel
  • Patent number: 7246527
    Abstract: A device and a method are disclosed for testing a curved panel assembly, which simulates a segment of an aircraft fuselage barrel section, subjected to combined loading. The device includes an axial load head assembly attached to the test panel assembly via one axial load fitting and configured to apply an axial load to the test panel assembly, and an axial-torsion reaction box connected to the axial load head assembly via linear journal bearing assemblies, where the axial-torsion reaction box is configured to be rotated by a pair of torsional loading systems to apply a torsional load to the test panel assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas R. Ostgaard, Ramanlal A. Patel, Lee A. McNeil