Patents by Inventor S. Chiang
S. Chiang 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: 11826993Abstract: A thermally conductive curing process adds conductive additives to create pathways for dissipating heat during a curing process, thereby reducing the cure time, increasing the output capability, and reducing cost. Conductive particles or short fibers can be dispersed throughout the resin system or composite fiber layers in pre-impregnated or RTM-processed composite material. By disposing conductive particles or short fibers in a resin as part of the curing process, heat generated during the curing process can dissipate more quickly from any type of composite, especially thick composites. Conductive additive examples include multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), graphene/graphite powder, buckyballs, short fibrous particulate, nano-clays, nano-particles, and other suitable materials.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Thomas S. Chiang, Jared M. Paulson
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Patent number: 11820500Abstract: A method of curing an aircraft component including applying a temperature sensitive adhesive to a surface of a component, the surface having a contour; positioning a heating tool including a manifold with a ventilation path such that the ventilation path is adjacent to the surface by aligning the ventilation path to the contour of the component; and heating the surface of the component with uniform airflow from the ventilation path; wherein the manifold includes a chamber with a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Tom S. Chiang, Bruce B. Bacon, Frank S. Allen, Jahanzeb Tareen, Christopher L. Gravelle
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Patent number: 11801054Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly for performing anastomoses procedures. The tool assembly includes a reload assembly and an anvil assembly that have oval configurations to facilitate passage of the tool assembly into a body cavity of a patient with minimal trauma.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Justin Williams, Russell Pribanic, David A. Nicholas, Andrew M. Miesse, Johana M. Marinelli, Stephen S. Chiang, Drew R. Seils
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Patent number: 11629600Abstract: An airfoil member having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the airfoil member including an upper skin; a lower skin; and a support network having a plurality of interconnected support members in a lattice arrangement and/or a reticulated arrangement, the support network being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member. Also provided are methods and systems for repairing an airfoil member.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Nissen, Jared M. Paulson, Thomas S. Chiang
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Publication number: 20220087679Abstract: A surgical stapling device includes a tool assembly for performing anastomoses procedures. The tool assembly includes a reload assembly and an anvil assembly that have oval configurations to facilitate passage of the tool assembly into a body cavity of a patient with minimal trauma.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Inventors: Justin Williams, Russell Pribanic, David A. Nicholas, Andrew M. Miesse, Johana M. Marinelli, Stephen S. Chiang, Drew R. Seils
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Publication number: 20220024081Abstract: A method of curing an aircraft component including applying a temperature sensitive adhesive to a surface of a component, the surface having a contour; positioning a heating tool including a manifold with a ventilation path such that the ventilation path is adjacent to the surface by aligning the ventilation path to the contour of the component; and heating the surface of the component with uniform airflow from the ventilation path; wherein the manifold includes a chamber with a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Tom S. Chiang, Bruce B. Bacon, Frank S. Allen, Jahanzeb Tareen, Christopher L. Gravelle
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Patent number: 11142297Abstract: In one aspect, a heating tool includes a heat source having a discharge outlet; and a manifold including an intake conduit configured to releasably connect to the discharge outlet of the heat source and a chamber coupled to the intake conduit having a ventilation path. The chamber includes a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to a surface. In an embodiment, the chamber has a first portion and a second portion configured for assembly and disassembly. A method of curing an aircraft component is provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2017Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Tom S. Chiang, Bruce B. Bacon, Frank S. Allen, Jahanzeb Tareen, Christopher L. Gravelle
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Publication number: 20200269556Abstract: A thermally conductive curing process adds conductive additives to create pathways for dissipating heat during a curing process, thereby reducing the cure time, increasing the output capability, and reducing cost. Conductive particles or short fibers can be dispersed throughout the resin system or composite fiber layers in pre-impregnated or RTM-processed composite material. By disposing conductive particles or short fibers in a resin as part of the curing process, heat generated during the curing process can dissipate more quickly from any type of composite, especially thick composites. Conductive additive examples include multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), graphene/graphite powder, buckyballs, short fibrous particulate, nano-clays, nano-particles, and other suitable materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas S. Chiang, Jared M. Paulson
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Patent number: 10717261Abstract: An intentionally activated frangible bonding system comprises a frangible adhesive, adhesive primer, composite material matrix, and/or the like, having a polydispersion of at least one additive spread throughout the frangible bonding material. The additive degrades a bond provided by the frangible bonding material, upon application of a specific energy to the frangible bonding material. An energy emitter is configured to selectively direct the specific energy toward a structure or assembly comprising components bonded by the frangible bonding material to degrade the frangible bonding material bonding the components for disassembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas S. Chiang, Jared Mark Paulson
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Publication number: 20200217206Abstract: An airfoil member having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the airfoil member including an upper skin; a lower skin; and a support network having a plurality of interconnected support members in a lattice arrangement and/or a reticulated arrangement, the support network being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member. Also provided are methods and systems for repairing an airfoil member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Nissen, Jared M. Paulson, Thomas S. Chiang
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Patent number: 10633976Abstract: In a first aspect, there is a method of making a rotor blade, including designing at least one of an upper skin, a lower skin, a support network, and components therefor; and forming at least one of the upper skin, the lower skin, a support network, and components therefor using an additive manufacturing process. In a second aspect, there is an airfoil member having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the airfoil member including an upper skin; a lower skin; and a support network having a plurality of interconnected support members in a lattice arrangement and/or a reticulated arrangement, the support network being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member. Also provided are methods and systems for repairing an airfoil member.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Nissen, Jared M. Paulson, Thomas S. Chiang
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Publication number: 20190118523Abstract: An intentionally activated frangible bonding system comprises a frangible adhesive, adhesive primer, composite material matrix, and/or the like, having a polydispersion of at least one additive spread throughout the frangible bonding material. The additive degrades a bond provided by the frangible bonding material, upon application of a specific energy to the frangible bonding material. An energy emitter is configured to selectively direct the specific energy toward a structure or assembly comprising components bonded by the frangible bonding material to degrade the frangible bonding material bonding the components for disassembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas S. Chiang, Jared Mark Paulson
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Patent number: 10244628Abstract: Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: John M. Crain, John S. Lettow, Ilhan A. Aksay, Sibel Korkut, Katherine S. Chiang, Chuan-Hua Chen, Robert K. Prud'homme
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Publication number: 20190032491Abstract: In a first aspect, there is a method of making a rotor blade, including designing at least one of an upper skin, a lower skin, a support network, and components therefor; and forming at least one of the upper skin, the lower skin, a support network, and components therefor using an additive manufacturing process. In a second aspect, there is an airfoil member having a root end, a tip end, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the airfoil member including an upper skin; a lower skin; and a support network having a plurality of interconnected support members in a lattice arrangement and/or a reticulated arrangement, the support network being configured to provide tailored characteristics of the airfoil member. Also provided are methods and systems for repairing an airfoil member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2017Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey Nissen, Jared M. Paulson, Thomas S. Chiang
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Publication number: 20180199436Abstract: Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Applicants: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: John M. CRAIN, John S. LETTOW, Ilhan A. AKSAY, Sibel KORKUT, Katherine S. CHIANG, Chuan-Hua CHEN, Robert K. PRUD'HOMME
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Patent number: 9913374Abstract: Printed electronic device comprising a substrate onto at least one surface of which has been applied a layer of an electrically conductive ink comprising functionalized graphene sheets and at least one binder. A method of preparing printed electronic devices is further disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignees: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, VORBECK MATERIALS CORPORATIONInventors: John M. Crain, John S. Lettow, Ilhan A. Aksay, Sibel Korkut, Katherine S. Chiang, Chuan-Hua Chen, Robert K. Prud'Homme
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Patent number: 9891979Abstract: A method dynamically adjusts a log level of a transaction. The method includes: buffering the most detailed logs of a transaction having highest log level into a memory; checking if all dependency-defined transactions within a dependency list/tree for the transaction are completed; and, in response to the completion of all dependency-defined transactions within the dependency list/tree for the transaction, obtaining a log filter level for the transaction in association with the transaction results (success/failure) of dependency-defined transactions, wherein the log filter level is a new log level for the transaction.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jeffrey C H Liu, Chih-Wen Su, Ivan Nestlerode, Johnson Y S Chiang, Giant H M Tu
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Publication number: 20170225366Abstract: In one aspect, a heating tool includes a heat source having a discharge outlet; and a manifold including an intake conduit configured to releasably connect to the discharge outlet of the heat source and a chamber coupled to the intake conduit having a ventilation path. The chamber includes a diverging portion configured to provide uniform airflow through the ventilation path to provide heating to a surface. In an embodiment, the chamber has a first portion and a second portion configured for assembly and disassembly. A method of curing an aircraft component is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2017Publication date: August 10, 2017Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Tom S. Chiang, Bruce B. Bacon, Frank S. Allen, Jahanzeb Tareen, Christopher L. Gravelle
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Patent number: 9659075Abstract: A method executes a preempt by a standby database appliance in a high-availability active/active appliance cluster. The appliance cluster includes a transaction processing standby group and a persistent storing standby group. The transaction processing standby group includes a primary active appliance and a standby appliance. One or more processors receive a Hello message from the primary DB appliance. The processor(s) examine a priority field in the Hello message, in order to determine a priority of the standby database appliance according to the persistent state to thereby determine whether the standby database appliance requests a preempt, where the persistent state includes a state of an application and a database of the primary DB appliance. The processor(s) implement a failover in response to the preempt request to thereby take over a duty of the primary DB appliance.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Neal J. Alewine, Johnson Y S Chiang, Jeffrey C H Liu, Hao-Ting Shih, Ying-Kai Wang, David Ward
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Patent number: 9600387Abstract: Providing efficient data replication for a transaction processing server is provided. A notification is received from the transaction processing server which completes a transaction of a message. The notification includes a message digest and a message identifier. The message identifier in the received notification is compared with a stored message identifier. In response to a match of the comparing of the message identifier, the message digest in the received notification is compared with a stored message digest. In response to a match of the comparing of the message digest, a stored input message is directly stored in a physical storage.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Johnson Y S Chiang, Jeffrey C H Liu, Chih-Wen Su, Ying-Kai Wang