Patents by Inventor Thomas Clement
Thomas Clement 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: 10569870Abstract: A proprotor system for tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub and a plurality of proprotor blades coupled to the hub such that each proprotor blade is operable to independently flap relative to the hub and independently change pitch. In the airplane mode, the proprotor blades have a first in-plane frequency greater than 2.0/rev.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Richard Erler Rauber, Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Alan Carl Ewing, Frank Bradley Stamps
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Patent number: 10518867Abstract: A yoke for providing a centrifugal force retention load path between a proprotor blade and a hub of a soft-in-plane proprotor system operable for use on a tiltrotor aircraft. The yoke includes a continuous loop having a longitudinal axis and first and second longitudinal sections extending between inboard and outboard arcuate sections. A flapping bearing receiving region is disposed at least partially within the inboard arcuate section to an interior of the continuous loop. A centrifugal force bearing receiving region is disposed at least partially within the outboard arcuate section to the interior of the continuous loop. The continuous loop is formed from a composite material having a plurality of double bias material plies and a plurality of unidirectional material plies such that the number of unidirectional material plies is greater than the number of double bias material plies.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Richard Erler Rauber
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Patent number: 10518868Abstract: A soft-in-plane proprotor system for a tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub, a plurality of proprotor blades and a plurality of loop yokes, each coupling one of the proprotor blades with the hub and each including first and second longitudinal sections extending between inboard and outboard arcuate sections and a bearing assembly disposed between the inboard and outboard arcuate sections of each loop yoke. Each bearing assembly includes a flapping bearing disposed generally within the inboard arcuate section of the respective loop yoke and coupled to the hub, a lead-lag damper coupled to the hub, a centrifugal force bearing disposed generally within the outboard arcuate section of the respective loop yoke and a blade anchor coupled between the lead-lag damper and the centrifugal force bearing. The blade anchor is also coupled to the respective proprotor blade.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Richard Erler Rauber
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Patent number: 10457380Abstract: A proprotor system operable for use on a tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter flight mode and an airplane flight mode. The proprotor system includes a rotor hub and a plurality of proprotor blades coupled to the rotor hub such that each proprotor blade has three independent degrees of freedom relative to the rotor hub including blade pitch about a pitch change axis, blade flap about a flapping axis and lead-lag about a lead-lag axis. Each of a plurality of spherical bearings couples one of the proprotor blades with the rotor hub. In addition, each of a plurality of lead-lag dampers couples one of the proprotor blades with the rotor hub, wherein each lead-lag damper is aligned with the pitch change axis of the respective proprotor blade, thereby providing pitch independent lead-lag damping.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Bell Textron Inc.Inventors: Jouyoung Jason Choi, Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps
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Patent number: 10413710Abstract: Drainage systems for excess body fluids and associated methods are disclosed herein. A drainage system in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, a drainage catheter, a first reference line, a second reference line, and a pressure sensor assembly. The catheter can include a flexible interface member and an inlet can be placed in fluid communication with a site of excess body fluid within a patient. A first flexible region of the first reference line can be in pressure communication with the flexible interface member, and a second flexible region of the second reference line can be in pressure communication with the surrounding atmosphere. The pressure sensor assembly can be spaced apart from the flexible regions, and measure the pressures of the first and second reference lines. This information can be used to determine the pressure at the site of excess body fluid.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2015Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: University of WashingtonInventors: Barry Lutz, Samuel R. Browd, Thomas Clement, Brian Cran, Joel Relethford
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Patent number: 10308356Abstract: A rotor hub assembly for a rotorcraft includes a yoke forming a bearing bore. The yoke has a teetering axis extending through the bearing bore. The rotor hub assembly includes a flapping bearing disposed in the bearing bore. The flapping bearing is operable to regulate teetering of the yoke about the teetering axis. The rotor hub assembly includes an axial spring abutting the flapping, thereby reducing movement of the flapping bearing along the teetering axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Dalton T Hampton, Thomas Clement Parham, Jr.
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Publication number: 20190132131Abstract: A system for providing secure authentication between a service provider and at least one user device having a storage. The system having a processor managed by the service provider, which processor manages authentication between the at least one device and the service provider. The processor is configured to generate a block including at least user account information upon receipt of an authentication request from the at least one device; apply a cryptographic hash function to the block to create a hashed block; transmit the hashed block to the at least one device for storage in the memory of the at least one device; and upon receipt of the hashed block, validate the hashed block prior to providing access to the service provider.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: SecureWorks Corp.Inventor: Thomas Clements
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Publication number: 20190002078Abstract: A wing airframe for a wing of a tiltrotor aircraft includes a wing airframe core assembly and a wing skin assembly disposed on the wing airframe core assembly. The wing skin assembly includes an outer skin and a damping sublayer, the damping sublayer interposed between the outer skin and the wing airframe core assembly. The tiltrotor aircraft includes a pylon assembly subject to aeroelastic movement during forward flight. The wing is subject to deflection in response to the aeroelastic movement of the pylon assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, Jr., Jeffrey Bosworth, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Paul K. Oldroyd, Richard Erler Rauber, Michael Scott Seifert
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Publication number: 20190002085Abstract: A proprotor system operable for use on a tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter flight mode and an airplane flight mode. The proprotor system includes a rotor hub and a plurality of proprotor blades coupled to the rotor hub such that each proprotor blade has three independent degrees of freedom relative to the rotor hub including blade pitch about a pitch change axis, blade flap about a flapping axis and lead-lag about a lead-lag axis. Each of a plurality of spherical bearings couples one of the proprotor blades with the rotor hub. In addition, each of a plurality of lead-lag dampers couples one of the proprotor blades with the rotor hub, wherein each lead-lag damper is aligned with the pitch change axis of the respective proprotor blade, thereby providing pitch independent lead-lag damping.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Jouyoung Jason Choi, Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps
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Publication number: 20180356210Abstract: There is described a method for interrogating optical fiber comprising fiber Bragg gratings (“FBGs”), using an optical fiber interrogator. The method comprises (a) generating an initial light pulse from phase coherent light emitted from a light source, wherein the initial light pulse is generated by modulating the intensity of the light; (b) splitting the initial light pulse into a pair of light pulses; (c) causing one of the light pulses to be delayed relative to the other of the light pulses; (d) transmitting the light pulses along the optical fiber; (e) receiving reflections of the light pulses off the FBGs; and (f) determining whether an optical path length between the FBGs has changed from an interference pattern resulting from the reflections of the light pulses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Brian H. Moore, Walter Jeffrey Shakespeare, Phillip William Wallace, Viet Hoang, Chris Henrikson, Ajay Sandhu, Adrian Dumitru, Thomas Clement, Dongliang Huang, Seyed Ehsan Jalilian
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Publication number: 20180216852Abstract: Embodiments are provided for a cooling fan that has a vortex tube, an air turbine, and one or more fan blades. The vortex tube is capable of being supplied with compressed air and splitting the compressed air into a cold stream and a hot stream. The cold stream can spins said air turbine with attached fan blades, causing said fan blades to spin and blow cold air.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventor: James Thomas Clements
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Publication number: 20180162518Abstract: A yoke for providing a centrifugal force retention load path between a proprotor blade and a hub of a soft-in-plane proprotor system operable for use on a tiltrotor aircraft. The yoke includes a continuous loop having a longitudinal axis and first and second longitudinal sections extending between inboard and outboard arcuate sections. A flapping bearing receiving region is disposed at least partially within the inboard arcuate section to an interior of the continuous loop. A centrifugal force bearing receiving region is disposed at least partially within the outboard arcuate section to the interior of the continuous loop. The continuous loop is formed from a composite material having a plurality of double bias material plies and a plurality of unidirectional material plies such that the number of unidirectional material plies is greater than the number of double bias material plies.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Richard Erler Rauber
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Publication number: 20180162520Abstract: A soft-in-plane proprotor system for a tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub, a plurality of proprotor blades and a plurality of blade support assemblies coupling the proprotor blades with the hub. Each blade support assembly includes a flapping bearing coupled to the hub and a yoke having first and second longitudinal sections with outboard grip members and an inboard arcuate section connecting the first and second longitudinal sections and coupled to the flapping bearing. A lead-lag damper is coupled between the hub and an inboard station of the respective proprotor blade. A twist shank is coupled between the outboard grip members of the yoke and an outboard station of the respective the proprotor blade. The twist shank defines a virtual lead-lag hinge outboard of the yoke and coincident with the respective pitch change axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Frank Bradley Stamps, Jouyoung Jason Choi, Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Gary Miller, Richard Erler Rauber
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Publication number: 20180162526Abstract: A proprotor system for tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub and a plurality of proprotor blades coupled to the hub such that each proprotor blade is operable to independently flap relative to the hub about a flapping axis and independently change pitch about a pitch change axis. The proprotor blades have a first in-plane frequency less than 1.0/rev.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Richard Erler Rauber
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Publication number: 20180162519Abstract: A soft-in-plane proprotor system for a tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub, a plurality of proprotor blades and a plurality of loop yokes, each coupling one of the proprotor blades with the hub and each including first and second longitudinal sections extending between inboard and outboard arcuate sections and a bearing assembly disposed between the inboard and outboard arcuate sections of each loop yoke. Each bearing assembly includes a flapping bearing disposed generally within the inboard arcuate section of the respective loop yoke and coupled to the hub, a lead-lag damper coupled to the hub, a centrifugal force bearing disposed generally within the outboard arcuate section of the respective loop yoke and a blade anchor coupled between the lead-lag damper and the centrifugal force bearing. The blade anchor is also coupled to the respective proprotor blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Frank Bradley Stamps, Richard Erler Rauber
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Publication number: 20180141650Abstract: A rotor hub assembly for a rotorcraft includes a yoke forming a bearing bore. The yoke has a teetering axis extending through the bearing bore. The rotor hub assembly includes a flapping bearing disposed in the bearing bore. The flapping bearing is operable to regulate teetering of the yoke about the teetering axis. The rotor hub assembly includes an axial spring abutting the flapping, thereby reducing movement of the flapping bearing along the teetering axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Dalton T Hampton, Thomas Clement Parham, JR.
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Publication number: 20180141654Abstract: A proprotor system for tiltrotor aircraft having a helicopter mode and an airplane mode. The proprotor system includes a hub and a plurality of proprotor blades coupled to the hub such that each proprotor blade is operable to independently flap relative to the hub and independently change pitch. In the airplane mode, the proprotor blades have a first in-plane frequency greater than 2.0/rev.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Applicant: Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.Inventors: Jouyoung Jason Choi, Gary Miller, Richard Erler Rauber, Thomas Clement Parham, JR., Alan Carl Ewing, Frank Bradley Stamps
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Patent number: 9737964Abstract: A process of remanufacturing a component such as an attachment flange used in turbochargers is provided and includes using a steam oxidation process to form an adhesion layer on top of a sealing surface of the component. The adhesion layer is an oxidation layer that a thermal metal spray coating can be applied on top of in order to prevent spalling that can occur at high heat. Once the process is completed, the component can be inspected to ensure that it meets or exceeds the manufacturer's original specifications.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Daniel Sordelet, Thomas Clements, Robert Sharp
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Patent number: D843814Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2018Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Aerial Machine & Tool CorporationInventors: Chad Nicholas Cariano, Thomas Clement Ivey, III
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Patent number: D863046Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Aerial Machine & Tool CorporationInventors: Chad Nicholas Cariano, Thomas Clement Ivey, III