Patents by Inventor Rodney Stephens

Rodney Stephens 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: 10626690
    Abstract: A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmy Duane Wiens, Yury P. Gutsu, Benson Thomas, Karsten Heidecke, Jim Hollingsworth, Doyle Fredric Boutwell, Jr., Rodney Stephens, Russell W. Thompson, Patrick James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 10451823
    Abstract: A laser module service shelf is generally presented. In some embodiments, a laser system includes a rack including a stack of slots to support a plurality of laser modules in first positions within the rack, wherein the rack comprises a pair of struts extending at opposite sides of an opening in the rack through which the laser modules may pass, and a module service shelf attachable to the struts to support a weight of one of the laser modules in a second position that is cantilevered from the rack in alignment with the opening and one of the slots, wherein the module service shelf comprises a plurality of detachable sections. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: NLIGHT, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Emery, Rodney Stephens, Eric Martin, Jeremy Young, Shelly Lin
  • Patent number: 10137474
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chin H. Toh, Trent Rob Logan, John Walter Pringle, IV, Rodney Stephen Wright
  • Publication number: 20180059342
    Abstract: A laser module service shelf is generally presented. In some embodiments, a laser system includes a rack including a stack of slots to support a plurality of laser modules in first positions within the rack, wherein the rack comprises a pair of struts extending at opposite sides of an opening in the rack through which the laser modules may pass, and a module service shelf attachable to the struts to support a weight of one of the laser modules in a second position that is cantilevered from the rack in alignment with the opening and one of the slots, wherein the module service shelf comprises a plurality of detachable sections. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Joseph J. Emery, Rodney Stephens, Eric Martin, Jeremy Young, Shelly Lin
  • Patent number: 9862020
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for assembling, with fasteners, components of a structure having an outboard side, an inboard side, and a supporting frame. The components are placed together on the frame. An electromagnet having a core with multiple openings is positioned on the outboard side. A magnetically attractive member is placed against the inboard side opposite and aligned with the electromagnet. When activated, the electromagnet is attracted towards the magnetically attractive member and the two hold the components together. Multiple drill members pass through the openings in the core of the electromagnet and multiple openings are drilled simultaneously through the components. Subsequently, multiple rivets or huck bolts are simultaneously inserted into the drilled openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rodney Stephen Wright, David Hassan Amirehteshami, John W. Pringle, IV
  • Publication number: 20170321508
    Abstract: A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jimmy Duane WIENS, Yury P. GUTSU, Benson THOMAS, Karsten HEIDECKE, Jim HOLLINGSWORTH, Doyle Fredric BOUTWELL, JR., Rodney STEPHENS, Russell W. THOMPSON, Patrick James ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 9745810
    Abstract: A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jimmy Duane Wiens, Yury P. Gutsu, Benson Thomas, Karsten Heidecke, Jim Hollingsworth, Doyle Fredric Boutwell, Jr., Rodney Stephens, Russell W. Thompson, Patrick James Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20170239672
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Chin H. Toh, Trent Rob Logan, John Walter Pringle, IV, Rodney Stephen Wright
  • Patent number: 9643201
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Chin H. Toh, Trent Rob Logan, John Walter Pringle, IV, Rodney Stephen Wright
  • Patent number: 9259779
    Abstract: A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Branko Sarh, David Hassan Amirehteshami, Rodney Stephen Wright, Harinder Oberoi
  • Publication number: 20160001350
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for assembling, with fasteners, components of a structure having an outboard side, an inboard side, and a supporting frame. The components are placed together on the frame. An electromagnet having a core with multiple openings is positioned on the outboard side. A magnetically attractive member is placed against the inboard side opposite and aligned with the electromagnet. When activated, the electromagnet is attracted towards the magnetically attractive member and the two hold the components together. Multiple drill members pass through the openings in the core of the electromagnet and multiple openings are drilled simultaneously through the components. Subsequently, multiple rivets or huck bolts are simultaneously inserted into the drilled openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Rodney Stephen Wright, David Hassan Amirehteshami, John W. Pringle, IV
  • Patent number: 9162332
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for assembling, with fasteners, components of a structure having an outboard side, an inboard side, and a supporting frame. The components are placed together on the frame. An electromagnet having a core with multiple openings is positioned on the outboard side. A magnetically attractive member is placed against the inboard side opposite and aligned with the electromagnet. When activated, the electromagnet is attracted towards the magnetically attractive member and the two hold the components together. Multiple drill members pass through the openings in the core of the electromagnet and multiple openings are drilled simultaneously through the components. Subsequently, multiple rivets or huck bolts are simultaneously inserted into the drilled openings. Finally, fasteners are hammered through the drilled openings and rivets are secured by bucking bars provided on the magnetically attractive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rodney Stephen Wright, David Hassan Amirehteshami, John W. Pringle, IV
  • Publication number: 20150053424
    Abstract: A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jimmy Duane WIENS, Yury P. GUTSU, Benson THOMAS, Karsten HEIDECKE, Jim HOLLINGSWORTH, Doyle Fredric BOUTWELL, JR., Rodney STEPHENS, Russell W. THOMPSON, Patrick James ZIMMERMAN
  • Publication number: 20140367481
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chin H. Toh, Trent Rob Logan, John Walter Pringle, IV, Rodney Stephen Wright
  • Patent number: 8833471
    Abstract: A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
    Inventors: Jimmy Duane Wiens, Yury P. Gutsu, Benson Thomas, Karsten Heidecke, Jim Hollingsworth, Doyle Fredric Boutwell, Jr., Rodney Stephens, Russell W. Thompson, Patrick James Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 8542876
    Abstract: A method for detecting an anomaly associated with a structure is described. The method includes obtaining a baseline scan of the structure, changing at least one condition associated with the structure which is intended to impart a movement of the structure or a movement of objects within the structure, obtaining a secondary scan of the structure, the secondary scan obtained from a same position, with respect to the structure, as the baseline scan, determining any differences between the baseline scan and the secondary scan, and identifying at least one of a foreign object proximate the structure and a structural anomaly associated with the structure based on any differences between the baseline scan and the secondary scan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James E. Engel, Rodney Stephen Wright, Chin Hoi Toh, William Talion Edwards
  • Patent number: D698339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Tait Limited
    Inventors: August Adrianus Johannes Brinkman, Rodney Stephen Mackrell, Michael George Sanders
  • Patent number: D702666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tait Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Richard Foster, Blair Michael Mackle, Rodney Stephen Mackrell
  • Patent number: D909294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TAIT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: James Antony Thomas Wellacott, Rodney Stephen Mackrell
  • Patent number: D978112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TAIT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Rodney Stephen Mackrell, Daniel Richard Foster, Craig William Baxter, Malcolm James Falconer