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).

  • Patent number: 11396384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Coleda Darney, Patrick Leonard, James E. Perdue, Jeffrey Slump, Collin Rogers, Richard Kitchen
  • Publication number: 20210130011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Coleda Darney, Patrick Leonard, James E. Perdue, Jeffrey Slump, Collin Rogers, Richard Kitchen
  • Patent number: 10041458
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
  • Publication number: 20170204825
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: James Kenneth Batchelor, Joe Daniel Bradley, Richard Kitchen, James Andrew Darley
  • Publication number: 20070215814
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Richard Kitchen