Patents by Inventor Timothy G. Overton

Timothy G. Overton 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).

  • Hydraulic system and method for a flight control system of an aircraft
    Patent number: 10343767
    Abstract: A system of an aircraft includes a system pump and a booster pump. The system pump is configured to provide hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic system at a first working pressure. The booster pump is configured to supply hydraulic fluid to at least one boostable actuator at a second working pressure higher than the first working pressure. The boostable actuator is operatively coupled to and configured to actuate at least one flight control surface of an aircraft. The booster pump is configured as a high-pressure accumulator and an accumulator energizer, or as a hydraulic actuator pump and a variable speed motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Patrick J. McCormick, Neal V. Huynh, Timothy G. Overton, Alan Marx
  • HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20190112031
    Abstract: A system of an aircraft includes a system pump and a booster pump. The system pump is configured to provide hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic system at a first working pressure. The booster pump is configured to supply hydraulic fluid to at least one boostable actuator at a second working pressure higher than the first working pressure. The boostable actuator is operatively coupled to and configured to actuate at least one flight control surface of an aircraft. The booster pump is configured as a high-pressure accumulator and an accumulator energizer, or as a hydraulic actuator pump and a variable speed motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Patrick J. McCormick, Neal V. Huynh, Timothy G. Overton, Alan Marx
  • Hydraulic system and method for an aircraft flight control system
    Patent number: 10196131
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of an aircraft may include a system pump configured to provide hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic system at a first working pressure. The hydraulic system may further include a booster pump configured to supply hydraulic fluid to at least one boostable actuator at a second working pressure higher than the first working pressure. The boostable actuator may be operatively coupled to and configured to actuate at least one flight control surface of an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Patrick J. McCormick, Neal V. Huynh, Timothy G. Overton, Alan Marx
  • HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170233064
    Abstract: A hydraulic system of an aircraft may include a system pump configured to provide hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic system at a first working pressure. The hydraulic system may further include a booster pump configured to supply hydraulic fluid to at least one boostable actuator at a second working pressure higher than the first working pressure. The boostable actuator may be operatively coupled to and configured to actuate at least one flight control surface of an aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Patrick J. McCormick, Neal V. Huynh, Timothy G. Overton, Alan Marx
  • Quiet landing attitude modifier for airplane
    Patent number: 8781653
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modifying the pitch attitude of an aircraft during landing, comprising: commanding the flaps to move to a landing setting; providing a current value for a flight condition parameter; providing a current flaps setting; comparing said current value to at least one threshold value; if said current value exceeds said threshold, determining a new flaps setting capable of producing an improvement in at least one of a selected aft body contact margin and a selected nose gear contact margin for the aircraft; and adjusting the flaps to said new flaps setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert E. Buchholz, Monte R. Evans, Jonathan P. Lee, Timothy G. Overton, Adam M. Thoreen
  • QUIET LANDING ATTITUDE MODIFIER FOR AIRPLANE
    Publication number: 20130175392
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of modifying the pitch attitude of an aircraft during landing, comprising: commanding the flaps to move to a landing setting; providing a current value for a flight condition parameter; providing a current flaps setting; comparing said current value to at least one threshold value; if said current value exceeds said threshold, determining a new flaps setting capable of producing an improvement in at least one of a selected aft body contact margin and a selected nose gear contact margin for the aircraft; and adjusting the flaps to said new flaps setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert E. Buchholz, Monte R. Evans, Jonathan P. Lee, Timothy G. Overton, Adam M. Thoreen