Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Agria

Thomas R. Agria 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).

  • Airframe component with electrically bonded connections
    Patent number: 9896183
    Abstract: An airframe component is provided and includes first and second components having respective first and second opposite surfaces and edge portions, the first component defining a plane and the second component being attachable to the first surface of the first component as a protrusion from the plane, a first conductive layer disposed to wrap around the edge portion of the first component from the first surface to the second surface, a second conductive layer disposed on the first surface of the second component to extend beyond the edge portion and an insulation layer interposable between the first and second conductive layers and between a periphery of the first surface of the second component and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert F. Shortt, Jr., Thomas R. Agria, Karl Ulsamer
  • AIRFRAME COMPONENT WITH ELECTRICALLY BONDED CONNECTIONS
    Publication number: 20160052615
    Abstract: An airframe component is provided and includes first and second components having respective first and second opposite surfaces and edge portions, the first component defining a plane and the second component being attachable to the first surface of the first component as a protrusion from the plane, a first conductive layer disposed to wrap around the edge portion of the first component from the first surface to the second surface, a second conductive layer disposed on the first surface of the second component to extend beyond the edge portion and an insulation layer interposable between the first and second conductive layers and between a periphery of the first surface of the second component and the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Robert F. Shortt, JR., Thomas R. Agria, Karl Ulsamer