Patents by Inventor Vitthal Vishnuthreeth ARAKERI

Vitthal Vishnuthreeth ARAKERI 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: 11965376
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly and a vehicle and apparatus including the assembly, for maintaining a vehicle door in an open position may include at least one rod member configured to connect at a first end to the door and at a second end to a vehicle frame. A tab may be connected to and extend in at least one direction from the rod member. A plunger may be configured to be anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger. The pin may be configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Savithramma Narayanappa, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Bobby Howard Mosier
  • Patent number: 11912403
    Abstract: An exemplary pitch link centering tool includes a rod having a longitudinal axis, a front face, a rear face, a first rod end and a second rod end, the first rod end having a first aperture with a first rotational axis, the second rod end having a second aperture with a second rotational axis, a first connector coupled to the first rod end, the first connector having a first slot extending in a first radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis and a second connector coupled to the second rod end, the second connector having a second slot extending in a second radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis different from the first radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Knott, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri
  • Publication number: 20230339084
    Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a device having a puller tool assembly for removing a wear sleeve from a tail-rotor hub assembly of a rotorcraft. The puller tool assembly may have an interior shaft slidably engaged within an exterior cylindrical body. The puller tool assembly may have a restraint cap coupled to the interior shaft at a first end of the exterior shaft with a fastener. The puller tool assembly may have a mandrel coupled to the interior shaft at a second end of the exterior shaft. The exterior cylindrical body may be inserted within the wear sleeve between the restraint cap and the mandrel. The mandrel may expand to grasp the wear sleeve when the exterior shaft is tightened so as to pull the wear sleeve toward the restraint cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Alvin Jones
  • Patent number: 11760470
    Abstract: An exemplary rotorcraft lockout system includes a main rotor lockout comprising a base operable to be attached to a bottom surface of a fuselage and a first and a second tension arm operable to be connected to the base and a main rotor hub, and a tail rotor lockout including a clamp operable to connect to a horizontal stabilizer, a rotor arm connector operable to connect to a tail rotor hub, and a tail rotor tension arm operable to interconnect the clamp and the rotor arm connector in tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Knott, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Alvin Jones, Scott David Poster, Steven Paul Pape, Mark Adam Wiinikka
  • Publication number: 20230265702
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly and a vehicle and apparatus including the assembly, for maintaining a vehicle door in an open position may include at least one rod member configured to connect at a first end to the door and at a second end to a vehicle frame. A tab may be connected to and extend in at least one direction from the rod member. A plunger may be configured to be anchored in the door and including a pin configured to extend from and retract into the plunger. The pin may be configured to engage the tab when extended and disengage from the tab when retracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Savithramma Narayanappa, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth Arakeri, Bobby Howard Mosier
  • Publication number: 20220297830
    Abstract: An exemplary rotorcraft lockout system includes a main rotor lockout comprising a base operable to be attached to a bottom surface of a fuselage and a first and a second tension arm operable to be connected to the base and a main rotor hub, and a tail rotor lockout including a clamp operable to connect to a horizontal stabilizer, a rotor arm connector operable to connect to a tail rotor hub, and a tail rotor tension arm operable to interconnect the clamp and the rotor arm connector in tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin KNOTT, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth ARAKERI, Alvin JONES, Scott David POSTER, Steven Paul PAPE, Mark Adam WIINIKKA
  • Publication number: 20220297853
    Abstract: An exemplary aircraft transport jack includes a vertical structure having a vertical axis, a bottom end, and a top end, a connector above the bottom end operable to detachably secure the vertical structure to an aircraft member, a wheel assembly with wheels positioned on opposing sides of the vertical structure, and an actuator coupled to the vertical structure and the wheel assembly and operable to move the wheel assembly axially relative to the vertical structure between a lowered position with the wheels on a ground and a raised position with the bottom end on the ground and the wheels above the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin JONES, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth ARAKERI, Kevin KNOTT
  • Publication number: 20220297831
    Abstract: An exemplary pitch link centering tool includes a rod having a longitudinal axis, a front face, a rear face, a first rod end and a second rod end, the first rod end having a first aperture with a first rotational axis, the second rod end having a second aperture with a second rotational axis, a first connector coupled to the first rod end, the first connector having a first slot extending in a first radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis and a second connector coupled to the second rod end, the second connector having a second slot extending in a second radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis different from the first radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin KNOTT, Vitthal Vishnuthreeth ARAKERI