Patents by Inventor Robert Pearson

Robert Pearson 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: 20200391850
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments for a system for offloading non-thrust loads. The system includes one or more thrust loads, and one or more non-thrust loads, and a controller that is operably coupled to the one or more thrust loads and the one or more non-thrust loads. The controller is configured to control the thrust loads and non-thrust loads, receive input from one or more sources, and identify a phase of flight based at least in part on the received input. The controller is also configured to offload one or more non-thrust loads during the phase of flight, and restore the one or more non-thrust loads. Also provided are embodiments for method for offloading non-thrust loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Brian St. Rock, Stephen E. Tongue, Matthew Robert Pearson, Juan de Bedout
  • Publication number: 20200377216
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aircraft including ductwork. The ductwork includes a cabin recirculation vent disposed to draw air from an aircraft cabin. The ductwork includes a riser defining a return conduit disposed to convey air from the cabin recirculation vent. The ductwork includes a thermoelectric heat pump having a first side and a second side, the first side in thermal contact with the return conduit that transfers heat to the second side upon application of an electrical input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Brian St. Rock
  • Publication number: 20200373808
    Abstract: A fan motor housing including a circumferential motor housing having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface and defining a primary axis including a first plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface the radially inner surface, wherein the concentric flow channels extend in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, a second plurality of concentric flow channels disposed between the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface, extending in an axial direction parallel to the primary axis, wherein the first and second pluralities of concentric flow channel are thermodynamically connected, a first plurality of radial conduits connecting the second plurality of flow channels to the radially inner surface of the motor housing, and a second plurality of radial conduits connecting the radially inner surface of the motor housing to the second plurality of flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Brian St. Rock, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Publication number: 20200367332
    Abstract: A lighting system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the lighting system includes a plurality of lights disposed along a pathway; a sensor configured to detect a location of a moveable object along the pathway; and a processor configured to adjust an intensity of one or more of the plurality of lights in response to the location of the moveable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Alexandria Dorgan
  • Publication number: 20200348089
    Abstract: A heat transfer device includes a heat exchanger with a base and a plurality of fins. A center axis extends through the base such that the base extends outward from the center axis in a radial direction. The plurality of fins is connected to the base and defines a corresponding plurality of air flow channels supported on the base. Each of the plurality of air flow channels includes an inlet and an outlet radially outward from the inlet relative the center axis. Each of the plurality of air flow channels turns between the inlet and the outlet relative the center axis and the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Chaitanya Vishwajit Halbe, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Patent number: 10813688
    Abstract: A method for treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis to alleviate the discomforts of breathing by using non-thermal electroporation energy to ablate diseased portions of the lung including the bronchus, airways and alveoli which, in effect, opens the restrictive diseased portions thereby maximizing the overall surface area thereof causing improved airflow and uninhibited breathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: AngioDynamics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Pearson, Mark Ortiz, Peter Callas
  • Patent number: 10697635
    Abstract: Components for gas turbine engines having a hot side surface, a cold side surface, the cold side surface receiving cooling impingement at one or more cold locations, and at least one thermal transfer feature located between the hot side surface and the cold side surface within the component and arranged such that a condenser section of the thermal transfer feature is located proximate at least one of the cold locations and an evaporator section of the thermal transfer feature is located away from the cold location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Publication number: 20200129174
    Abstract: A surgical implant comprising a receiver member and deployment member for clamping and sealing tissue of variable thickness, a corresponding applicator tool and surgical system for connecting, sealing, fastening and/or attaching tissue to itself, to other tissue and/or to non-tissue structures, and/or sealing the flow of fluid at and/or between structures such as tissue and vessel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Abbott, Robert Pearson, Monroe C. Stewart, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200096259
    Abstract: A heat exchanger manifold for use in a heat exchanger having a plurality of microtubes includes a receiving component for supporting and forming a seal about each of the plurality of microtubes and a circuiting component having at least one recessed channel for defining an enclosed flow configuration of a fluid of the heat exchanger. The receiving component is joined and sealed to the circuiting component such that an internal flow passage of the plurality of microtubes is arranged in fluid communication with the at least one recessed channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Abbas A. Alahyari, Jack Leon Esformes, Eric Konkle
  • Publication number: 20200080786
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plate with an external surface, a channel, and a nozzle. The external surface bounds an interior of the plate. The channel is disposed in the heat exchanger and passes through a portion of the interior. The nozzle is integrally disposed in the heat exchanger, extends through a portion of the external surface, and is fluidly connected to the channel. The nozzle is configured to transport a liquid from the channel, through the external surface, and to distribute the liquid onto a portion of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Zeidner, Matthew Robert Pearson, Brian St. Rock
  • Patent number: 10578367
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of main plates stacked to define a first cavity to direct a first fluid therethrough and a second cavity to direct a second fluid therethrough, the second fluid different from and kept separated from the first fluid. Each main plate has one or more peaks and one or more valleys formed therein. A ratio of wavelength between adjacent peaks or between adjacent valleys of the main plate to an amplitude between a peak and an adjacent valley of the main plate is equal to or greater than 7.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Abbas A. Alahyari, John H. Whiton
  • Patent number: 10508864
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plate with an external surface, a channel, and a nozzle. The external surface bounds an interior of the plate. The channel is disposed in the heat exchanger and passes through a portion of the interior. The nozzle is integrally disposed in the heat exchanger, extends through a portion of the external surface, and is fluidly connected to the channel. The nozzle is configured to transport a liquid from the channel, through the external surface, and to distribute the liquid onto a portion of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Zeidner, Matthew Robert Pearson, Brian St. Rock
  • Patent number: 10499908
    Abstract: A surgical implant comprising a receiver member and deployment member for clamping and sealing tissue of variable thickness, a corresponding applicator tool and surgical system for connecting, sealing, fastening and/or attaching tissue to itself, to other tissue and/or to non-tissue structures, and/or sealing the flow of fluid at and/or between structures such as tissue and vessel structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MAQUET CARDIOVASCULAR LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Abbott, Robert Pearson, Monroe C. Stewart, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190337072
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger includes providing a first plurality of micro-tubes, wherein each micro-tube has a first side and a second side extending along a first axis, and providing a first plurality of fins, wherein each fin having a first base having a first face and a second face disposed opposite the first face. The method further includes disposing the first side of each micro-tube of the first plurality of micro-tubes on the first face of the first base of the first plurality of fins and joining an entire length of the first side of each micro-tube of the first plurality of micro-tubes to the first face of the first base of the first plurality of fins to define a first heat exchanger layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Adam S. Meusel, Joseph C. Rampone
  • Patent number: 10450957
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a rotor section proximate to a combustor section, where the rotor section is subject to bowing effects due to thermal differences and heat transfer at engine shutdown. The gas turbine engine also includes a heat pipe system. The heat pipe system includes one or more heat pipes installed between an upper portion of the rotor section and a lower portion of the rotor section. The heat pipe system is operable to accept heat at a hot side of the heat pipe system at the upper portion, flow heat from the hot side to a cold side of the heat pipe system, and reject heat from the cold side of the heat pipe system at the lower portion to reduce a thermal differential between the upper portion and the lower portion at engine shutdown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Robert Pearson, Gabriel L. Suciu, Justin R. Urban
  • Publication number: 20190316847
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of main plates stacked to define a first cavity to direct a first fluid therethrough and a second cavity to direct a second fluid therethrough, the second fluid different from and kept separated from the first fluid, and an intermediate plate located in the second cavity between adjacent main plates, the second fluid directed across both sides of the intermediate plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, John H. Whiton, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Publication number: 20190266103
    Abstract: A self-encrypting drive (SED) comprises an SED controller and a nonvolatile storage medium (NVSM) responsive to the SED controller. The SED controller enables the SED to perform operations comprising: (a) receiving an encrypted media encryption key (eMEK) for a client; (b) decrypting the eMEK into an unencrypted media encryption key (MEK); (c) receiving a write request from the client, wherein the write request includes data to be stored and a key tag value associated with the MEK; (d) using the key tag value to select the MEK for the write request; (e) using the MEK for the write request to encrypt the data from the client; and (f) storing the encrypted data in a region of the NVSM allocated to the client. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Adrian Robert Pearson, David Ray Noeldner, Niels Juel Reimers, Emily Po-Kay Chung, Gamil Assudan Cain, Thomas Rodel Bowen, Teddy Gordon Greer, Jonathan Martin Hughes
  • Publication number: 20190178092
    Abstract: A polymer airfoil assembly is disclosed and includes at least one cooling passage for circulating coolant to remove heat from the polymer airfoil portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Publication number: 20190162478
    Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes a plurality of main plates stacked to define a first cavity to direct a first fluid therethrough and a second cavity to direct a second fluid therethrough, the second fluid different from and kept separated from the first fluid, and an intermediate plate located in the second cavity between adjacent main plates, the second fluid directed across both sides of the intermediate plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, John H. Whiton, Matthew Robert Pearson
  • Publication number: 20190107343
    Abstract: A method of making a heat exchanger uses a functionally graded polymer composite material to create the heat exchanger. The polymer composite material includes a polymer and a filler, the filler concentration is varied in each part of the heat exchanger, either within the part, creating a gradient, or is different in each part of the heat exchanger depending on use of that part of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, Matthew Robert Pearson, Catherine Thibaud