Patents by Inventor William P. Fallon, JR.

William P. Fallon, JR. 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).

  • SECURING ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTOR BLADE
    Publication number: 20230312088
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade. The elongated member has a first end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the first skin and a second end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the second skin. The apparatus also includes a first patch configured to adhere the first end to the outer surface of the first skin, and a second patch configured to adhere the second end to the outer surface of the second skin such the elongated member extends from the outer surfaces of the first and second skins through the passage in the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, JR.
  • Securing assembly for a rotor blade
    Patent number: 11572162
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade. The elongated member has a first end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the first skin and a second end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the second skin. The apparatus also includes a first patch configured to adhere the first end to the outer surface of the first skin, and a second patch configured to adhere the second end to the outer surface of the second skin such the elongated member extends from the outer surfaces of the first and second skins through the passage in the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, Jr.
  • SECURING ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTOR BLADE
    Publication number: 20200377204
    Abstract: An apparatus for securing first and second skins to a core in a composite rotor blade includes an elongated member configured to be installed through a passage in the core of the composite rotor blade. The elongated member has a first end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the first skin and a second end configured to be attached to an outer surface of the second skin. The apparatus also includes a first patch configured to adhere the first end to the outer surface of the first skin, and a second patch configured to adhere the second end to the outer surface of the second skin such the elongated member extends from the outer surfaces of the first and second skins through the passage in the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Deyo, Andrew Paul Scott, Frank M. Caputo, William P. Fallon, JR.
  • Electro-chemical hardening of bearing raceways
    Patent number: 10746226
    Abstract: A method of making bearings includes treating a metallic surface of a bearing raceway with a pulsed electrochemical processing nozzle to transform the amorphous oxide into a crystalline structure on the metallic surface electro-chemically and convert the metallic surface into a ceramic like hardness surface. Treating the metallic surface can include forming a gradient in material composition transitioning from a purely metallic material at a cross-sectional position within the bearing raceway to a purely crystalline structure material at the ceramic like hardness surface of the bearing raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hansen, William P. Fallon, Jr.
  • ELECTRO-CHEMICAL HARDENING OF BEARING RACEWAYS
    Publication number: 20200063798
    Abstract: A method of making bearings includes treating a metallic surface of a bearing raceway with a pulsed electrochemical processing nozzle to transform the amorphous oxide into a crystalline structure on the metallic surface electro-chemically and convert the metallic surface into a ceramic like hardness surface. Treating the metallic surface can include forming a gradient in material composition transitioning from a purely metallic material at a cross-sectional position within the bearing raceway to a purely crystalline structure material at the ceramic like hardness surface of the bearing raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hansen, William P. Fallon, JR.
  • Electro-chemical hardening of bearing raceways
    Patent number: 10480581
    Abstract: A method of making bearings includes treating a metallic surface of a bearing raceway with a pulsed electrochemical processing nozzle to transform the amorphous oxide into a crystalline structure on the metallic surface electro-chemically and convert the metallic surface into a ceramic like hardness surface. Treating the metallic surface can include forming a gradient in material composition transitioning from a purely metallic material at a cross-sectional position within the bearing raceway to a purely crystalline structure material at the ceramic like hardness surface of the bearing raceway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hansen, William P. Fallon, Jr.
  • ELECTRO-CHEMICAL HARDENING OF BEARING RACEWAYS
    Publication number: 20180347630
    Abstract: A method of making bearings includes treating a metallic surface of a bearing raceway with a pulsed electrochemical processing nozzle to transform the amorphous oxide into a crystalline structure on the metallic surface electro-chemically and convert the metallic surface into a ceramic like hardness surface. Treating the metallic surface can include forming a gradient in material composition transitioning from a purely metallic material at a cross-sectional position within the bearing raceway to a purely crystalline structure material at the ceramic like hardness surface of the bearing raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hansen, William P. Fallon, JR.