Patents by Inventor Richard Kitchen
Richard Kitchen 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: 11396384Abstract: Cradle assemblies for supporting a door for uninstalling and/or installing the door to a fuselage of an aircraft, and arrangements and methods for the same are provided. In one example, a cradle assembly includes a first contoured board and a second contoured board that is spaced apart from the first contoured board. The first and second contoured boards are cooperatively configured to support outer sections of a first door. A third contoured board is configured to be selectively positioned adjacent to and extending higher than the first contoured board to support a first outer section of a second door that has a different outer shape than the first door. The third contoured board is contoured to substantially match the first outer section of the second door. The cradle assembly is configured to be positioned proximate to the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Coleda Darney, Patrick Leonard, James E. Perdue, Jeffrey Slump, Collin Rogers, Richard Kitchen
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Publication number: 20210130011Abstract: Cradle assemblies for supporting a door for uninstalling and/or installing the door to a fuselage of an aircraft, and arrangements and methods for the same are provided. In one example, a cradle assembly includes a first contoured board and a second contoured board that is spaced apart from the first contoured board. The first and second contoured boards are cooperatively configured to support outer sections of a first door. A third contoured board is configured to be selectively positioned adjacent to and extending higher than the first contoured board to support a first outer section of a second door that has a different outer shape than the first door. The third contoured board is contoured to substantially match the first outer section of the second door. The cradle assembly is configured to be positioned proximate to the fuselage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace CorporationInventors: Coleda Darney, Patrick Leonard, James E. Perdue, Jeffrey Slump, Collin Rogers, Richard Kitchen
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Patent number: 10041458Abstract: An injector clamp for clamping at least two injectors to an engine head includes a body having at least a first arm and a second arm. Each arm having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface on opposing sides of the body. A distance between the first clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm is different from a distance between the second clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm. The body is configurable, for use, in one of: a first position in which the first clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector; and a second position in which the second clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Perkins Engines Company LimitedInventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
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Publication number: 20170204825Abstract: An injector clamp for clamping at least two injectors to an engine head includes a body having at least a first arm and a second arm. Each arm having a first clamping surface and a second clamping surface on opposing sides of the body. A distance between the first clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm is different from a distance between the second clamping surfaces of the first arm and the second arm. The body is configurable, for use, in one of: a first position in which the first clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector; and a second position in which the second clamping surfaces from each of the first and second arms can abut with an injector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: Perkins Engines Company LimitedInventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
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Publication number: 20070215814Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring the beam current of a particle beam in an accelerator by charging the capacitor across an operational amplifier and controlling the scaling of the amplifier output with a programmable gain amplifier (PGA). The out put of the (PGA) is sampled and storing with an analog-to-digital converter to acquire and store at least two digital voltage values. The two digital voltage values are using to obtain a value proportional to beam current. A field programmable gate array is used to implement digital logic to sample and hold output from the analog-to-digital converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2006Publication date: September 20, 2007Inventor: Richard Kitchen
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Patent number: 6859267Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in the determination of a condition or state of an object based on quasi-elastic interaction between the object and light transmitted to the object, the apparatus comprising a beam splitter arrangement for splitting an incoming light beam of wavelength, ?, into a diffracted light beam and an undiffracted light beam, the beam splitter arrangement comprising a first and a second diffractive member, the first diffractive member transforming the light beam emitted by the light source into the diffracted and the undiffracted light beams, the second diffractive member receiving the diffracted light beam and diffracting the received light beam in a direction substantially parallel to the undiffracted light beam from the first diffractive member, wherein the diffracted light beam, after being diffracted by the second diffractive member, and the undiffracted light beam from the first diffractive member are separated by a distance, d, said distance, d, being dependeType: GrantFiled: July 3, 2003Date of Patent: February 22, 2005Assignee: Kamstrup A/SInventors: Carsten Dam-Hansen, Steven Richard Kitchen, Michael Linde Jakobsen
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Publication number: 20040036873Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for use in the determination of a condition or state of an object based on quasi-elastic interaction between the object and light transmitted to the object, the apparatus comprising a beam splitter arrangement for splitting an incoming light beam of wavelength, &lgr;, into a diffracted light beam and an undiffracted light beam, the beam splitter arrangement comprising a first and a second diffractive member, the first diffractive member transforming the light beam emitted by the light source into the diffracted and the undiffracted light beams, the second diffractive member receiving the diffracted light beam and diffracting the received light beam in a direction substantially parallel to the undiffracted light beam from the first diffractive member, wherein the diffracted light beam, after being diffracted by the second diffractive member, and the undiffracted light beam from the first diffractive member are separated by a distance, d, said distance, d, being depType: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Inventors: Carsten Dam-Hansen, Steven Richard Kitchen, Michael Linde Jakobsen
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Patent number: 5809602Abstract: A window scraper has a drum that mounts four blades on its periphery, the blades extending generally tangentially so the sharp edges project beyond the drum. A shroud covers the drum and blades, and the shroud defines an opening where the blades project through the opening to engage a glass pane to be scraped. Switch actuators are placed beside the opening so the opening must be urged against a surface before the drum can be rotated. The motor and battery may be placed within the handle of the scraper. A safety shield is pivoted to the shroud, and can be used to cover the opening in the shroud when the scraper is not is use.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 1996Date of Patent: September 22, 1998Inventor: Richard A. Kitchens
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Patent number: 5435781Abstract: A register for controlling air flow to or-from a vent has a front with a grille for allowing full air flow. Plates within the register are movable over the vent opening to affect the air flow. The plates may include a louver to redirect the air flow, and an imperforate plate to diminish or stop air flow. Studs on the plates extend through the front member and receive knobs for controlling the movement of the plates. A register with only the imperforate plate can be used over the return vent.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 1993Date of Patent: July 25, 1995Inventor: Richard A. Kitchens
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Patent number: 4976323Abstract: A drill extension is inserted between the drill rod and the drill bit, the drill extension having extendible cutting devices to counterbore the hole drilled by the drill bit for receiving a casing. The cutting devices are flush with the outer surface of the drill extension when not in use, and are pivoted to be expanded by centrifugal force and water pressure when in use. The counterbore is sized to receive the outside diameter of the well casing; and, the cutting devices are retracted to pass up through the casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 1989Date of Patent: December 11, 1990Inventor: Richard A. Kitchens