Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Swierkocki
Thomas W. Swierkocki 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: 11964463Abstract: Air-holding fabrics and improvements to reinforced tape used to join multiple fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a joining system and method for securing two air-holding panels to one another, while eliminating air leakage through the seam tape. The disclosed reinforced tapes find particular use in connection with evacuation slides, evacuation slide/rafts, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLCInventors: Christian W. Thomson, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 11780186Abstract: Methods for fabricating inflatable devices made from air- or gas-holding fabrics. Specific embodiments relate to seam tapes, films, structural components or accessories welded to one or more fabric panels. Specifically disclosed is a fabrication system and method that reduces potential damage due to overheating seam areas. This disclosure has been found particularly useful with improved lightweight fabrics that would otherwise be susceptible to damage during welding processes.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLCInventors: Thomas W. Swierkocki, Christian W. Thomson, Stanley J. Pawlowski, Jr, Sean M. Blazick
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Patent number: 11767088Abstract: Systems to prevent water ingestion during use of an electrically powered inflation system for an inflatable device in order to ensure that the inflatable device remains either upright in the water during the inflation process, or that prevents water from entering the inflation system air intake during the inflation process, or combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: AIR CRUISERS COMPANY, LLCInventors: Christian W. Thomson, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 10106925Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Publication number: 20180002862Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2017Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 9797086Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Publication number: 20170067204Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2016Publication date: March 9, 2017Inventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 9527249Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filaments formed in various directions. The substrate layer then has a layer (e.g., a coating or a film or both) on one or both surfaces of the substrate of nonwoven material.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 9481144Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for using nonwoven materials for evacuation slides, life rafts, life vests, and other life-saving inflatable devices. The nonwoven materials have a substrate layer with continuous filament fibers formed in various directions. The substrate layer then has a first and second layer of polyurethane. The first and second layers of polyurethane may be laminated or coated to a nonwoven substrate of the filament fibers. An isocyanate-based adhesive or primer may be particularly useful in causing cross-linking of the materials to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Air Cruisers Company, LLCInventors: Deepak Duggal, Mark Jeffers, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 9376180Abstract: Embodiments generally to raft assembly components and methods. Specific aspects provide a tape configuration that can assist positioning of raft tubes with respect to one another, as well as positioning a life raft floor with respect to one or more of the raft tubes. The tape configuration may have a base and an extending T-shaped flange.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2014Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignee: Air Cruisers CompanyInventors: Thomas W. Swierkocki, Stanley J. Pawlowski, Jr., Cristina Ramos, Sean M. Blazick, Donna Eckert, Linda Radomski, Alberto González Montes, Alejandra Gabriela Cardona Erives, Elizabeth López Reyes, Rubén Salinas Hinojos, Adrian Enrique Fernández Manriquez, Ana Karina Navar Guerra, Juan Ramón Burciaga Holguín
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Publication number: 20150126085Abstract: Embodiments generally to raft assembly components and methods. Specific aspects provide a tape configuration that can assist positioning of raft tubes with respect to one another, as well as positioning a life raft floor with respect to one or more of the raft tubes. The tape configuration may have a base and an extending T-shaped flange.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Thomas W. Swierkocki, Stanley J. Pawlowski, JR., Cristina Ramos, Sean M. Blazick, Donna Eckert, Linda Radomski, Alberto González Montes, Alejandra Gabriela Cardona Erives, Elizabeth López Reyes, Rubén Salinas Hinojos, Adrian Enrique Fernández Manríquez, Ana Karina Navar Guerra, Juan Ramón Burciaga Holguín
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Patent number: 7644739Abstract: A pressurized actuator system for independent deployment of at least two inflatable structures having a first primary section adapted for deployment of a primary inflatable structure and second section for deployment of a secondary inflatable structure and an auxiliary source of pressurized fluid for operating said device. A control assembly for controlling a flow of pressurized fluid from the auxiliary source of pressurized into the second system is provided. Thus, the system assures independent deployment of the primary and secondary inflatable structures.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Air Cruisers CompanyInventors: Jonathan Vezzosi, Thomas W. Swierkocki
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Patent number: 7434600Abstract: A pressurized actuator system for simultaneously deploying a plurality of inflatable floatation devices or other structures for a rotorcraft or other mobile or stationary devices includes a plurality of primary sources of pressurized fluid adapted for deploying a corresponding number of inflatable structures, a plurality of primary valves that are each operatively associated with one of the primary sources, a plurality of pressure-responsive primary transducers operative to open a different one of the primary valves, and a secondary source of pressurized fluid adapted for simultaneously operating the primary transducers to thereby open the primary valves and simultaneously deploy the plurality of inflatable structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2004Date of Patent: October 14, 2008Assignee: Air Cruisers CompanyInventors: Thomas W. Swierkocki, Brian Henry
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Patent number: 7309267Abstract: An emergency floatation system associated with a landing gear of a rotorcraft comprising at least a float unit and a raft module. The float unit is formed by a base and a float cover with an inflatable float being positioned therebetween. The raft module is formed with a raft compartment adapted to receive an inflatable raft in the packed condition thereof. The raft module is supported on the float by the base. The raft is adapted for inflation and deployment from the raft module independently of the float deployment.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Assignee: Air Cruisers CompanyInventors: Brian T. Henry, Thomas W. Swierkocki, Jonathan Vezzosi, Brian Gibson