Patents by Inventor Steve Michael Loveland

Steve Michael Loveland 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).

  • Publication number: 20240034465
    Abstract: One embodiment is an apparatus for inhibiting accidental contact by a human with a tail rotor connected to an empennage of an aircraft. The apparatus includes an inverted V-tail connected to an empennage of the aircraft forward of the tail rotor, the inverted V-tail stabilizer comprising a first V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected and a second V-tail stabilizer on a side of the empennage opposite the side of the empennage to which the tail rotor is connected; and a shroud bar having a first end connected to an outboard end of the first V-tail stabilizer and a second end opposite the first end connected to the empennage aft of the tail rotor, wherein a horizontal distance from the shroud bar to the tail rotor is greater than a length of an arm of the human.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Steven R. Ivans, Danielle Lynn Moore, William Anthony Amante, Kip Gregory Campbell, Mathew Chapdelaine, Brian John Cox, Carey Andrew Cross, Steve Michael Loveland, Bradley Paul Regnier, Robert W. Roe, Steve R. Schafer
  • Patent number: 11097836
    Abstract: In some examples, an aircraft comprises an airframe, a rotor system coupled to the airframe, and a vibration attenuation system. The rotor system is operable to exert a vibratory force on the airframe. The vibration attenuation system comprises two or more batteries and elastic devices. The two or more batteries are operable to supply power to the rotor system. The elastic devices coupled to the two or more batteries and the airframe. The elastic devices are configured to attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries. In other examples, a method comprises coupling elastic devices to two or more batteries and an airframe of an aircraft. The elastic devices receiving a vibratory force via the airframe and attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Reaugh Smith, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Joseph Richard Carpenter, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Publication number: 20200298967
    Abstract: In some examples, an aircraft comprises an airframe, a rotor system coupled to the airframe, and a vibration attenuation system. The rotor system is operable to exert a vibratory force on the airframe. The vibration attenuation system comprises two or more batteries and elastic devices. The two or more batteries are operable to supply power to the rotor system. The elastic devices coupled to the two or more batteries and the airframe. The elastic devices are configured to attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries. In other examples, a method comprises coupling elastic devices to two or more batteries and an airframe of an aircraft. The elastic devices receiving a vibratory force via the airframe and attenuate the vibratory force based on facilitating oscillation of the two or more batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Reaugh Smith, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Joseph Richard Carpenter, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Patent number: D919547
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BELL TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Carpenter, Timothy Carr, Matthew E. Louis, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Patent number: D919548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: BELL TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Carpenter, Timothy Carr, Matthew E. Louis, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Patent number: D920213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: BELL TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Carpenter, Timothy Carr, Matthew E. Louis, Steve Michael Loveland
  • Patent number: D920216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: BELL TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Carpenter, Steve Michael Loveland, Allen Brittain