Patents by Inventor Thomas Weir

Thomas Weir 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).

  • Patent number: 12134480
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system includes an engine assembly including a fan that moves air, and a cowl that surrounds at least a portion of the engine assembly when the cowl is in a closed position. The cowl includes an outer surface arranged away from the engine assembly that provides an aerodynamic surface. The aircraft propulsion system also includes a cowl mechanism connected to the cowl and configured to guide the cowl along a movement path from the closed position to an open position. In the open position, an entirety of the cowl is arranged farther away from a horizontal plane passing through a rotating axis of the fan than in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: MRA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Sosnosky, Thomas Weir, Robert Klingele
  • Publication number: 20220177148
    Abstract: An aircraft propulsion system includes an engine assembly including a fan that moves air, and a cowl that surrounds at least a portion of the engine assembly when the cowl is in a closed position. The cowl includes an outer surface arranged away from the engine assembly that provides an aerodynamic surface. The aircraft propulsion system also includes a cowl mechanism connected to the cowl and configured to guide the cowl along a movement path from the closed position to an open position. In the open position, an entirety of the cowl is arranged farther away from a horizontal plane passing through a rotating axis of the fan than in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: MRA SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel SOSNOSKY, Thomas WEIR, Robert KLINGELE
  • Publication number: 20080066892
    Abstract: A fluid recovery system is adapted for use with a cooling system, such as for use in electronic applications. In one example, an enclosure is configured to contain fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein the fluid is adapted for use in spray cooling electronic components. A plurality of pick-up ports is defined within the enclosure. In one implementation of the cooling system, an orifice size used in each of the pick-up ports results in withdrawal of fluid from submerged and non-submerged pick-up ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: Isothermal Systems Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Tilton, Donald Tilton, Thomas Weir, Randall Palmer
  • Publication number: 20070144708
    Abstract: A fluid recovery system is adapted for use with a cooling system, such as for use in electronic applications. In one example, an enclosure is configured to contain fluid in both gas and liquid states, wherein the fluid is adapted for use in spray cooling electronic components. A plurality of pick-up ports is defined within the enclosure. In one implementation of the cooling system, an orifice size used in each of the pick-up ports results in withdrawal of fluid from submerged and non-submerged pick-up ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Inventors: Charles Tilton, Donald Tilton, Thomas Weir, Randall Palmer
  • Publication number: 20050197502
    Abstract: A method for purifying N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone is disclosed. The method comprises treating N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone with an alumina that desorbs less than 100 ?mol/g of isobutylene between 225° C. and 400° C. in a standard tert-butyl alcohol dehydration test. The method enables the removal of at least about 80% of amine impurities or at least about 60% of APHA color from the NMP at 4 bed volumes treated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Andrew Kahn, Thomas Weir
  • Publication number: 20050183844
    Abstract: The present invention is a spray cooling thermal management device that cools an electronic component creating a varying amount of heat across its surfaces. Liquid coolant is dispensed upon the surface of the component. In areas of the chip that generate large heat fluxes, typically referred to as the core, the liquid coolant is dispensed as a continuous atomized droplet pattern. The atomized pattern creates a high heat flux evaporative cooling thin-film over the one or more core areas. Rather than optimize the atomized pattern and flow based upon complete thin-film vaporization, the present invention optimizes the atomized pattern for maximum heat removal rates. Any excess, non-vaporized, fluid flowing outward from the hotspot is used to cool the lower heat flux (non-core) areas of the component through the creation of a thick coolant film thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Isothermal Systems Research
    Inventors: Charles Tilton, Donald Tilton, Thomas Weir, Tahir Cader, Paul Knight