Patents by Inventor Trevor A Brighton

Trevor A Brighton 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: 11492136
    Abstract: An uplock is disclosed including a hook configured to engage a capture pin mounted on an aircraft component. The hook is mounted for movement between a closed position and an open position. The uplock further includes an indicator system configured to detect whether a pin is engaged with the hook when the hook is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Trevor Brighton, Matthew Gadd, Robert Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200377224
    Abstract: An uplock is disclosed including a hook configured to engage a capture pin mounted on an aircraft component. The hook is mounted for movement between a closed position and an open position. The uplock further includes an indicator system configured to detect whether a pin is engaged with the hook when the hook is in the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Trevor BRIGHTON, Matthew GADD, Robert THOMPSON
  • Publication number: 20190263507
    Abstract: A system for moving an aircraft door from an open position towards a closed position. The system includes an aircraft door actuator, an input receiving primary power from a primary power supply to power movement of the aircraft door from the open position towards the closed position, a secondary power supply to power the aircraft door actuator to move the aircraft door from the open position towards the closed position, and a controller configured to cause the secondary power supply to power the aircraft door actuator to cause the aircraft door actuator to move the aircraft door from the open position towards the closed position, on the basis of a determination that insufficient primary power is available from the primary power supply via the input to move the aircraft door from the open position towards the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Mark HUDSON, Matthew GADD, Trevor BRIGHTON, Graham KING, Oliver MCCAMBRIDGE, Yann NICOLAS
  • Patent number: 6279853
    Abstract: An aircraft undercarriage mechanism 20 comprising a first lock member 22 mounted on the undercarriage 14, the first lock member being engageable with a second lock member 24 mounted on a wing 10 of the aircraft. The first lock member 22 comprises a pivotable arm 26 which carries a roller 36. The roller 36 is rotatable and slidable on the arm 26 and is engageable with a catch 48 on the second lock member 24. The provision of the pivotable arm 26 and slidable roller 36 permits relative movement between the lock members 22, 24 when the undercarriage 14 is retracted with the lock members interengaged to minimise transmission of forces created by wing deflection from one lock member to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventor: Trevor A Brighton