Patents by Inventor Scott Kenneth Newlin
Scott Kenneth Newlin 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: 11846548Abstract: Aircraft fire and overheat detection systems are described. The systems include a support bracket configured to secure the system to a component of an aircraft. A terminal assembly is fixedly connected to the support bracket and includes a connection assembly and a connection cable. A sensing element is electrically connected to the terminal assembly and arranged to detect at least one of fire and heat associated with the component of the aircraft. A protective sleeve is arranged about the connection assembly and connection cable. The sleeve has a lug portion at a first end with a sealing protrusion extending radially inward, a first wire portion, and a second wire portion, with progressively smaller diameters for each portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Steven Wallace, Albert Chad Rouse
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Patent number: 11682282Abstract: A system for detecting a fire or overheating event includes a heat detector, an optical fiber, a photodetector, and a processing unit. The pneumatic heat detector includes a sealed chamber sealed with a diaphragm having an initial position, and the optical fiber is in operable communication with the diaphragm. The optical fiber includes a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG). The optical signal generator is configured to emit an optical signal with into the optical fiber. The photodetector is configured to receive a reflected optical signal from the FBG. The processing unit is configured to correlate the reflection wavelength of the reflected optical signal with a temperature of the heat detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Elbert Jeyapaul, Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Patent number: 11656130Abstract: A grommet is provided for use in a fire and overheat detection system (FODS) clamp. The grommet includes an elongated body defining a central aperture and a slit. The elongated body includes wire mesh.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Rhushikesh Patil, Vinod Maruti Naik, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Patent number: 11504559Abstract: A linear detector element includes an outer sheath having a first end and a second end, one or more shape memory responsive elements within the outer sheath and between the first end and the second end and first and second conductive wires passing through at least a portion of the outer sheath and through the one or more shape memory responsive elements. The one more shape memory responsive elements include a shape memory actuator surrounding the first and second conductive wires and that has an expanded size and a contracted size and that is sized and arranged such that when the shape memory actuator is in the contracted state the first and second conductive wires contact one another and when the shape memory actuator is in the expanded state the first and second conductive wires do not contact one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Dharmendr Len Seebaluck
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Publication number: 20220299376Abstract: Aircraft fire and overheat detection systems are described. The systems include a support bracket configured to secure the system to a component of an aircraft. A terminal assembly is fixedly connected to the support bracket and includes a connection assembly and a connection cable. A sensing element is electrically connected to the terminal assembly and arranged to detect at least one of fire and heat associated with the component of the aircraft. A protective sleeve is arranged about the connection assembly and connection cable. The sleeve has a lug portion at a first end with a sealing protrusion extending radially inward, a first wire portion, and a second wire portion, with progressively smaller diameters for each portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Steven Wallace, Albert Chad Rouse
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Patent number: 11428579Abstract: A sensing assembly comprising includes one or more sensing elements formed as a tube. The sensing assembly also includes one or more clamps to secure the one or more sensing elements. Each of the one or more clamps includes a recess in which each of the one or more sensing elements is seated.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Steven Wallace, Lawrence A. Coreth, Eric Boros, Carl Pardo, John Galeazzi
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Patent number: 11237067Abstract: Disclosed is a system for detecting uncertainty in temperature detection systems. The system includes a temperature sensor including a ground sheath and a central conductor surrounded by the ground sheath, the ground sheath and the central conductor being electrically coupled to one another through a temperature dependent resistive element. The system includes a controller connected to the temperature sensor and adapted to detect an electrical parameter of the temperature dependent resistive element, the controller operable upon execution to output an uncertainty indication when the electrical parameter of the temperature dependent resistive element is not within an expected value range based on an aircraft status indication, a historical value of the electrical parameter, and the electrical parameter.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Robert J. Norris, Tadd F. Herron, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Publication number: 20210381901Abstract: A sensing assembly comprising includes one or more sensing elements formed as a tube. The sensing assembly also includes one or more clamps to secure the one or more sensing elements. Each of the one or more clamps includes a recess in which each of the one or more sensing elements is seated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Steven Wallace, Lawrence A. Coreth, Eric Boros, Carl Pardo, John Galeazzi
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Publication number: 20210280033Abstract: A system for detecting a fire or overheating event includes a heat detector, an optical fiber, a photodetector, and a processing unit. The pneumatic heat detector includes a sealed chamber sealed with a diaphragm having an initial position, and the optical fiber is in operable communication with the diaphragm. The optical fiber includes an FBG. The optical signal generator is configured to emit an optical signal with into the optical fiber. The photodetector is configured to receive a reflected optical signal from the FBG. The processing unit is configured to correlate the reflection wavelength of the reflected optical signal with a temperature of the heat detector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Elbert Jeyapaul, Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Patent number: 11092079Abstract: A support arrangement include a mount, a cover, and a metallic mesh body. The mount has a base portion and a mount clamping portion. The cover has a plate portion and a cover clamping portion, the cover fixed to the base portion of the mount and the cover clamping portion registered to the mount clamping portion. The metallic mesh body is arranged between the mount clamping portion and the cover clamping portion to compressively support a sensor element between the mount clamping portion and the cover clamping portion. Fire and overheat detection systems, gas turbine engines with fire and overheat detection systems, and methods of making support arrangements for fire and overheat detection systems are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: KIDDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Rhushikesh Patil, Vinod Maruti Naik, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Publication number: 20210172804Abstract: A grommet is provided for use in a fire and overheat detection system (FODS) clamp. The grommet includes an elongated body defining a central aperture and a slit. The elongated body includes wire mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Rhushikesh Patil, Vinod Maruti Naik, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Publication number: 20210055169Abstract: Disclosed is a system for detecting uncertainty in temperature detection systems. The system includes a temperature sensor including a ground sheath and a central conductor surrounded by the ground sheath, the ground sheath and the central conductor being electrically coupled to one another through a temperature dependent resistive element. The system includes a controller connected to the temperature sensor and adapted to detect an electrical parameter of the temperature dependent resistive element, the controller operable upon execution to output an uncertainty indication when the electrical parameter of the temperature dependent resistive element is not within an expected value range based on an aircraft status indication, a historical value of the electrical parameter, and the electrical parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Robert J. Norris, Tadd F. Herron, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Publication number: 20210038933Abstract: A linear detector element includes an outer sheath having a first end and a second end, one or more shape memory responsive elements within the outer sheath and between the first end and the second end and first and second conductive wires passing through at least a portion of the outer sheath and through the one or more shape memory responsive elements. The one more shape memory responsive elements include a shape memory actuator surrounding the first and second conductive wires and that has an expanded size and a contracted size and that is sized and arranged such that when the shape memory actuator is in the contracted state the first and second conductive wires contact one another and when the shape memory actuator is in the expanded state the first and second conductive wires do not contact one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Dharmendr Len Seebaluck
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Publication number: 20210017909Abstract: A support arrangement include a mount, a cover, and a metallic mesh body. The mount has a base portion and a mount clamping portion. The cover has a plate portion and a cover clamping portion, the cover fixed to the base portion of the mount and the cover clamping portion registered to the mount clamping portion. The metallic mesh body is arranged between the mount clamping portion and the cover clamping portion to compressively support a sensor element between the mount clamping portion and the cover clamping portion. Fire and overheat detection systems, gas turbine engines with fire and overheat detection systems, and methods of making support arrangements for fire and overheat detection systems are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Rhushikesh Patil, Vinod Maruti Naik, Scott Kenneth Newlin
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Patent number: 10663353Abstract: A clamp fixture includes a hub extending between a first end and a second end. A first leg extends in a first direction from the first end of the hub, and a second leg extends in the first direction from the second end of the hub. At least a portion of the first leg curves away from the second leg, and at least a portion of the second leg curves away from the first leg. The clamp fixture also includes a loop with a first half and a second half. The first half includes a first jaw extending from the hub. The second half includes a flange and a second jaw extending from the flange. A fastener connects the flange to the hub such that the first jaw and the second jaw join to close the loop.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Kidde Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Venkata Satish Babu Lakshmi, Vinod Maruti Naik, Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Steven Wallace, Kalyana Chakravarthy, Rhushikesh Patil
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Patent number: 10585006Abstract: Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Kidde Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Wilson, David William Frasure, Mark Thomas Kern, Mark Sherwood Miller, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Chris George Georgoulias, Stefan Coreth, Ken Bell
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Publication number: 20200064202Abstract: A clamp fixture includes a hub extending between a first end and a second end. A first leg extends in a first direction from the first end of the hub, and a second leg extends in the first direction from the second end of the hub. At least a portion of the first leg curves away from the second leg, and at least a portion of the second leg curves away from the first leg. The clamp fixture also includes a loop with a first half and a second half. The first half includes a first jaw extending from the hub. The second half includes a flange and a second jaw extending from the flange. A fastener connects the flange to the hub such that the first jaw and the second jaw join to close the loop.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Scott Kenneth Newlin, Venkata Satish Babu Lakshmi, Vinod Maruti Naik, Thambiraj Avudaiappan, Steven Wallace, Kalyana Chakravarthy, Rhushikesh Patil
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Patent number: 10436652Abstract: Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Kidde Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Wilson, David William Frasure, Mark Thomas Kern, Mark Sherwood Miller, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Chris George Georgoulias, Stefan Coreth, Ken Bell
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Patent number: 10112726Abstract: Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: Kidde Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher Wilson, David William Frasure, Mark Thomas Kern, Mark Sherwood Miller, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Chris George Georgoulias, Stefan Coreth, Ken Bell
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Publication number: 20170334574Abstract: Overheat and fire detection for aircraft systems includes an optical controller and a fiber optic loop extending from the optical controller. The fiber optic loop extends through one or more zones of the aircraft. An optical signal is transmitted through the fiber optic loop from the optical controller and is also received back at the optical controller. The optical controller analyzes the optical signal to determine the temperature, strain, or both experienced within the zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2017Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Christopher Wilson, David William Frasure, Mark Thomas Kern, Mark Sherwood Miller, Scott Kenneth Newlin, Chris George Georgoulias, Stefan Coreth, Ken Bell