Patents by Inventor Soma Gopala Rao Paravata

Soma Gopala Rao Paravata 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: 11358699
    Abstract: Embodiments for aircraft pressure deck. One embodiment is a pressure deck of an aircraft. The pressure deck includes beams extending longitudinally along a fuselage of the aircraft, and a web attached to an underside of the beams, the web including arches between adjacent beams to allow the pressure deck to flex laterally. The pressure deck also includes a box structure between a middle pair of the beams and configured to transfer load forward to a rear spar of a wing of the aircraft and aft to an aft wheel well bulkhead of the aircraft. The pressure deck further includes a first intercostal outboard from the box structure and configured to stabilize a first outboard pair of the beams, and a second intercostal outboard from the first intercostal and coupled between a second outboard pair of the beams via a swing link to allow the second intercostal to flex laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: David H. Leibov, Steven D. Ingham, Daniel Cox, Mark R. McLaughlin, Alfons Menanno, Soma Gopala Rao Paravata, Kevin L. Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11235850
    Abstract: An arched gutter that can be used to channel moisture within an aircraft can include an arched web including a plurality of laterally spaced arches. The plurality of arches impart a flexibility to the arched gutter such that the arched gutter has an increased resistance to fatigue cracking and other wear and damage resulting from, for example, parasitic loads due to high bending strains that are transferred to the arched gutter by a wing to which the arched gutter is attached during operation of the aircraft. An aircraft section and an aircraft including the arched gutter are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark R. McLaughlin, David H. Leibov, Soma Gopala Rao Paravata, Alfons Menanno, Danilo Vukosav
  • Publication number: 20210309340
    Abstract: Embodiments for aircraft pressure deck. One embodiment is a pressure deck of an aircraft. The pressure deck includes beams extending longitudinally along a fuselage of the aircraft, and a web attached to an underside of the beams, the web including arches between adjacent beams to allow the pressure deck to flex laterally. The pressure deck also includes a box structure between a middle pair of the beams and configured to transfer load forward to a rear spar of a wing of the aircraft and aft to an aft wheel well bulkhead of the aircraft. The pressure deck further includes a first intercostal outboard from the box structure and configured to stabilize a first outboard pair of the beams, and a second intercostal outboard from the first intercostal and coupled between a second outboard pair of the beams via a swing link to allow the second intercostal to flex laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: David H. Leibov, Steven D. Ingham, Daniel Cox, Mark R. McLaughlin, Alfons Menanno, Soma Gopala Rao Paravata, Kevin L. Sullivan
  • Publication number: 20210171182
    Abstract: An arched gutter that can be used to channel moisture within an aircraft can include an arched web including a plurality of laterally spaced arches. The plurality of arches impart a flexibility to the arched gutter such that the arched gutter has an increased resistance to fatigue cracking and other wear and damage resulting from, for example, parasitic loads due to high bending strains that are transferred to the arched gutter by a wing to which the arched gutter is attached during operation of the aircraft. An aircraft section and an aircraft including the arched gutter are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark R. McLaughlin, David H. Leibov, Soma Gopala Rao Paravata, Alfons Menanno, Danilo Vukosav