Patents by Inventor Thomas Kline

Thomas Kline 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: 20240123799
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a door. The door can be configured to couple with a side of a vehicle. The door can include a step. The door can move the step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ruey-Khan Kenneth Tsang, Austin Simpson, William Thomas Wanstall, Kevin Dean Kline
  • Patent number: 11938006
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system and a waist gasketing element. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. When tested by the Blowout Method Test as described herein, the disposable absorbent article has a Blowout Percent Leakage of less than about 9.0%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Zachary Aaron Freije, Cornelia Beate Martynus, Donald Carroll Roe, Christopher E. Kiger, Wolfgang E. Huhn, Mark James Kline
  • Publication number: 20240086943
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to adjust demographic information of user accounts to reflect primary users of the user accounts. An example apparatus includes memory, programmable circuitry, and instructions in the memory, the instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to at least access impression data associated with a user account registered with a database proprietor, the user account associated with first demographics at a database of the database proprietor. The example programmable circuitry is also to determine a primary user of the user account based on the impression data and based on second demographics of multiple users of the user account, the multiple users including the primary user. Additionally, the example programmable circuitry is to modify the first demographics associated with the user account based on at least some of the second demographics, the at least some of the second demographics corresponding to the primary user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew VanLandeghem, Jessica Brinson, Sagar Sanghavi, Lianghua Shao, Jonathan Sullivan, Billie J. Kline, Mala Sivarajan, Shruthi Koundinya Nagaraja, Logan Thomas, Arushi Kumar
  • Patent number: 10935402
    Abstract: A magnetic flow meter includes electrode sensors generating a sensor signal indicative of flow of a liquid through a conduit. A noise identification module identifies a noise level in the sensor signal and a contaminant identification module uses the noise level to determine whether there is a contaminant in the liquid in the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MICRO MOTION, INC.
    Inventors: Scot Ronald Foss, Andrew Thomas Kline
  • Publication number: 20200080877
    Abstract: A magnetic flow meter includes electrode sensors generating a sensor signal indicative of flow of a liquid through a conduit. A noise identification module identifies a noise level in the sensor signal and a contaminant identification module uses the noise level to determine whether there is a contaminant in the liquid in the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Scot Ronald Foss, Andrew Thomas Kline
  • Patent number: 10307974
    Abstract: Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at corner radii. A tensioning material placed over an uncured composite laminate charge maintains a compressive force on the laminate charge as the charge is formed over a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Christopher Gary Harris
  • Patent number: 10150233
    Abstract: Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at outside corner radii of a forming tool. First and second tensioning materials placed between a composite laminate charge and the forming tool maintain the laminate charge in tension at the radius corners as the charge is formed down over corner radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Christopher Gary Harris, Andrew M. Hopkins, Donald John Sutkus, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10105942
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The systems include a sheet-locating structure that has a support surface and a support surface edge. The systems further include a separation device, a conveyance structure, and a layup surface. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface and repeating the methods to form the radius filler from a plurality of strips of composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Elise Rae Ermitano Castorina, Erik Lund, Nicholas A. Boroughs, Matt Christner, Gabriel Zane Forston, William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, Jr., Scott Edward Krajca
  • Patent number: 9993980
    Abstract: Methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include supporting the second portion of the sheet with a second support surface and separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, Jr., Nicholas A. Boroughs, Scott Edward Krajca
  • Publication number: 20170266942
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The systems include a sheet-locating structure that has a support surface and a support surface edge. The systems further include a separation device, a conveyance structure, and a layup surface. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface and repeating the methods to form the radius filler from a plurality of strips of composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Elise Rae Ermitano Castorina, Erik Lund, Nicholas A. Boroughs, Matt Christner, Gabriel Zane Forston, William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, JR., Scott Edward Krajca
  • Publication number: 20170217110
    Abstract: Methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include supporting the second portion of the sheet with a second support surface and separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, JR., Nicholas A. Boroughs, Scott Edward Krajca
  • Patent number: 9680693
    Abstract: A network anomaly detector evaluates two complementary measurements of network statistics, a time variation and correlation among those statistics, to provide an extremely robust detection of network anomalies. In one embodiment, the variability and correspondence are compared against historically derived thresholds to provide for a system that accommodates to local network conditions and evolving network qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Paul R. Barford, Jeffery Thomas Kline, Sangnam Nam, David John Plonka, Amos Ron
  • Patent number: 9643395
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The systems include a sheet-locating structure that has a first support surface and a support surface edge. The systems further include a second support surface, a separation device, a conveyance structure, and a layup surface. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include supporting the second portion of the sheet with a second support surface and separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, Jr., Nicholas A. Boroughs, Scott Edward Krajca
  • Publication number: 20170087782
    Abstract: Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at corner radii. A tensioning material placed over an uncured composite laminate charge maintains a compressive force on the laminate charge as the charge is formed over a tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Christopher Gary Harris
  • Patent number: 9573301
    Abstract: Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at corner radii. A tensioning material placed over an uncured composite laminate charge maintains a compressive force on the laminate charge as the charge is formed over a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: The BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Christopher Gary Harris
  • Publication number: 20160052251
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming radius fillers for composite structures are disclosed herein. The systems include a sheet-locating structure that has a first support surface and a support surface edge. The systems further include a second support surface, a separation device, a conveyance structure, and a layup surface. The methods include locating a sheet of composite material on a first support surface and translating the sheet of composite material such that a first portion of the sheet is supported by the first support surface and a second portion of the sheet extends past the support surface edge. The methods also include supporting the second portion of the sheet with a second support surface and separating the second portion of the sheet from the first portion of the sheet to form a strip of composite material. The methods further include conveying the strip of composite material onto a layup surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Thomas Dean Wilson, Bruno Zbinden, Dalton C. Bergan, Joseph Fount Warren, JR., Nicholas A. Boroughs, Scott Edward Krajca
  • Patent number: 9238334
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a stack of composite layers into a desired shape is present. The stack of composite layers may be positioned on a tool and a number of compressible supports such that the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the tool and the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the number of compressible supports. A flexible sheet may be placed on top of the stack of composite layers. A vacuum load may be applied on the stack of composite layers on the tool and the number of compressible supports using the flexible sheet such that consolidation of the stack of composite layers occurs to form a desired shape on the tool and the number of compressible supports compress during forming of the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Larry Earl Gross, Sayata Ghose
  • Publication number: 20150321428
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a stack of composite layers into a desired shape is present. The stack of composite layers may be positioned on a tool and a number of compressible supports such that the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the tool and the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the number of compressible supports. A flexible sheet may be placed on top of the stack of composite layers. A vacuum load may be applied on the stack of composite layers on the tool and the number of compressible supports using the flexible sheet such that consolidation of the stack of composite layers occurs to form a desired shape on the tool and the number of compressible supports compress during forming of the desired shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Larry Earl Gross, Sayata Ghose
  • Patent number: 9120275
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a stack of composite layers into a desired shape is present. The stack of composite layers may be positioned on a tool and a number of compressible supports such that the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the tool and the stack of composite layers may be substantially flat on the number of compressible supports. A flexible sheet may be placed on top of the stack of composite layers. A vacuum load may be applied on the stack of composite layers on the tool and the number of compressible supports using the flexible sheet such that consolidation of the stack of composite layers occurs to form a desired shape on the tool and the number of compressible supports compress during forming of the desired shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Larry Earl Gross, Sayata Ghose
  • Publication number: 20150183171
    Abstract: Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at outside corner radii of a forming tool. First and second tensioning materials placed between a composite laminate charge and the forming tool maintain the laminate charge in tension at the radius corners as the charge is formed down over corner radii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: William Thomas Kline, Christopher Gary Harris, Andrew M. Hopkins, Donald John Sutkus, JR.