Patents by Inventor Richard Alexander Olson

Richard Alexander Olson 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).

  • Electro-Expulsive De-Icing System for Aircraft and Other Applications
    Publication number: 20160185458
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice from an object (e.g., in-flight ice removal from the skin of an aircraft) includes an actuator assembly that forms an elongated electrically conductive loop. The actuator is mounted in a position enabling it to impact the object to be de-iced in response to movement of the loop that is produced by electric current pulses flowing in opposite directions in two mechanically independent loop subassemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Olson, Mark Ronald Bridgeford
  • Electro-expulsive de-icing system for aircraft and other applications
    Patent number: 9108735
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice from an object (e.g., in-flight ice removal from the skin of an aircraft) includes an actuator assembly that forms an elongated electrically conductive loop. The actuator is mounted in a position enabling it to impact the object to be de-iced in response to movement of the loop that is produced by electric current pulses flowing in opposite directions in two mechanically independent loop subassemblies. The loop subassemblies include multiple electrically conductive elements interconnected at their ends using elongated flexible connectors in order to introduce a physical discontinuity that reduces any restriction of relative movement of the subassembly ends caused by the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: TMC AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Olson, Mark Ronald Bridgeford
  • Electro-expulsive de-icing system for aircraft and other applications
    Publication number: 20100288882
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice from an object (e.g., in-flight ice removal from the skin of an aircraft) includes an actuator assembly that forms an elongated electrically conductive loop. The actuator is mounted in a position enabling it to impact the object to be de-iced in response to movement of the loop that is produced by electric current pulses flowing in opposite directions in two mechanically independent loop subassemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Applicant: Ice Management Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Alexander Olson, Mark Ronald Bridgeford