Patents by Inventor Robert A. Olivo

Robert A. Olivo 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).

  • Publication number: 20230069791
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an oblique shock in a supersonic inlet are disclosed. The system can comprise an inlet with a slot disposed at an oblique angle to the main incoming air stream. High-pressure air can be provided through the slot into the main air stream. The high-pressure air can be introduced at a high enough pressure ratio—i.e., the ratio of pressure of the air stream from the slot to the pressure for the main flow—such that an aerodynamic ramp is created in the main air flow. The aerodynamic ramp, in turn, can cause one or more oblique shock waves to eventually slow the main air stream velocity to a subsonic speed prior to the face of the engine. Systems and methods for controlling the slot pressure ratio to create these shocks are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard K. Scharnhorst, Robert A. Olivo
  • Patent number: 11591962
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an oblique shock in a supersonic inlet are disclosed. The system can comprise an inlet with a slot disposed at an oblique angle to the main incoming air stream. High-pressure air can be provided through the slot into the main air stream. The high-pressure air can be introduced at a high enough pressure ratio—i.e., the ratio of pressure of the air stream from the slot to the pressure for the main flow—such that an aerodynamic ramp is created in the main air flow. The aerodynamic ramp, in turn, can cause one or more oblique shock waves to eventually slow the main air stream velocity to a subsonic speed prior to the face of the engine. Systems and methods for controlling the slot pressure ratio to create these shocks are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard K. Scharnhorst, Robert A. Olivo
  • Patent number: 10704465
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an oblique shock in a supersonic inlet are disclosed. The system can comprise an inlet with a slot disposed at an oblique angle to the main incoming air stream. High-pressure air can be provided through the slot into the main air stream. The high-pressure air can be introduced at a high enough pressure ratio—i.e., the ratio of pressure of the air stream from the slot to the pressure for the main flow—such that an aerodynamic ramp is created in the main air flow. The aerodynamic ramp, in turn, can cause one or more oblique shock waves to eventually slow the main air stream velocity to a subsonic speed prior to the face of the engine. Systems and methods for controlling the slot pressure ratio to create these shocks are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard K. Scharnhorst, Robert A. Olivo
  • Publication number: 20160146107
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating an oblique shock in a supersonic inlet are disclosed. The system can comprise an inlet with a slot disposed at an oblique angle to the main incoming air stream. High-pressure air can be provided through the slot into the main air stream. The high-pressure air can be introduced at a high enough pressure ratio—i.e., the ratio of pressure of the air stream from the slot to the pressure for the main flow—such that an aerodynamic ramp is created in the main air flow. The aerodynamic ramp, in turn, can cause one or more oblique shock waves to eventually slow the main air stream velocity to a subsonic speed prior to the face of the engine. Systems and methods for controlling the slot pressure ratio to create these shocks are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Richard K. Scharnhorst, Robert A. Olivo
  • Patent number: 4116921
    Abstract: There is described a new "one-step" bis A-formaldehyde resin, and a molding material containing the resin with which one may achieve molded products possessing excellent properties and almost optimum molding characteristics such as excellent molding latitude, low degree of mold shrinkage, high modulus at elevated temperature, a low degree of deformation at elevated temperatures, and excellent steam crack resistance and electrical properties. The molding material comprises a light colored bis-A formaldehyde resin and reinforcing filler for the resin. The resin is a heat convertible resin (resole) which comprises the product of the reaction of formaldehyde and bis A in the mole ratio of about 2 to about 3.75, in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkali metal hydroxide or barium hydroxide condensation catalyst. The molding material of this invention is particularly desirable in making molded products by the injection molding or transfer molding processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1978
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Robert Olivo, Anthony Constantine Soldatos, Sidney Joseph Schultz