Patents by Inventor Shaun M. Detloff

Shaun M. Detloff 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).

  • Passive mechanical rotor lock for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)
    Patent number: 11958593
    Abstract: A propeller assembly including a shaft having a rotational axis; a plurality of propellers connected to the shaft; means for deploying the plurality of propellers using a centrifugal force generated from a rotation of the shaft, so as to provide vertical thrust during a vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; and means for restoring the propellers into a stowed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AURORA FLIGHT SCIENCES CORPORATION, A SUBSIDIARY OF THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, Shaun M. Detloff
  • PASSIVE MECHANICAL ROTOR LOCK FOR SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS)
    Publication number: 20220161926
    Abstract: A propeller assembly including a shaft having a rotational axis; a plurality of propellers connected to the shaft; means for deploying the plurality of propellers using a centrifugal force generated from a rotation of the shaft, so as to provide vertical thrust during a vertical take-off and landing of the aircraft; and means for restoring the propellers into a stowed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Duffy, Shaun M. Detloff
  • Gyro rate computation for an interferometric fiber optic gyro
    Patent number: 10502585
    Abstract: A method comprises supplying an optical input to an interferometric fiber optic gyro (IFOG) at a first frequency and then a different second frequency; detecting a difference in responses of the IFOG to the optical input at the first and second frequencies; and computing a gyro rate as a function of the difference and a correction term.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shaun M. Detloff, James K. Gingrich
  • GYRO RATE COMPUTATION FOR AN INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC GYRO
    Publication number: 20160116301
    Abstract: A method comprises supplying an optical input to an interferometric fiber optic gyro (IFOG) at a first frequency and then a different second frequency; detecting a difference in responses of the IFOG to the optical input at the first and second frequencies; and computing a gyro rate as a function of the difference and a correction term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Shaun M. Detloff, James K. Gingrich