Patents by Inventor William Russell Cleary, Jr.
William Russell Cleary, 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).
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Patent number: 11453486Abstract: A rotorcraft main rotor system, including a yoke, a rotor blade, and a grip assembly attaching the rotor blade to the yoke. The grip assembly includes a grip body formed from a contiguous laminated composite and has a substantially constant thickness, where the grip body has an upper extension, a lower extension and a connecting portion connected between an inboard end of the upper extension and an inboard end of the lower extension. An inside surface of the upper extension faces, and is substantially parallel to, an inside surface of the lower extension, and the upper extension has first features and the lower extension has second features that are aligned with the first features, where the first features and second features each include at least one of an edge contour, attachment holes, or first protective elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Mark Adam Wiinikka, John McCullough, Russell Steven Cole, William Russell Cleary, Jr., Zachary Edwin Dailey
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Publication number: 20210403152Abstract: A rotorcraft main rotor system, including a yoke, a rotor blade, and a grip assembly attaching the rotor blade to the yoke. The grip assembly includes a grip body formed from a contiguous laminated composite and has a substantially constant thickness, where the grip body has an upper extension, a lower extension and a connecting portion connected between an inboard end of the upper extension and an inboard end of the lower extension. An inside surface of the upper extension faces, and is substantially parallel to, an inside surface of the lower extension, and the upper extension has first features and the lower extension has second features that are aligned with the first features, where the first features and second features each include at least one of an edge contour, attachment holes, or first protective elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Inventors: Mark Adam Wiinikka, John McCullough, Russell Steven Cole, William Russell Cleary, JR., Zachary Edwin Dailey
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Patent number: 11155347Abstract: An embodiment rotorcraft main rotor system, including a yoke, a rotor blade, and a grip assembly attaching the rotor blade to the yoke. The grip assembly includes a grip body formed from a contiguous laminated composite and has a substantially constant thickness, where the grip body has an upper extension, a lower extension and a connecting portion connected between an inboard end of the upper extension and an inboard end of the lower extension. An inside surface of the upper extension faces, and is substantially parallel to, an inside surface of the lower extension, and the upper extension has first features and the lower extension has second features that are aligned with the first features, where the first features and second features each include at least one of an edge contour, attachment holes, or first protective elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.Inventors: Mark Adam Wiinikka, John McCullough, Russell Steven Cole, William Russell Cleary, Jr., Zachary Edwin Dailey
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Publication number: 20200317329Abstract: An embodiment rotorcraft main rotor system, including a yoke, a rotor blade, and a grip assembly attaching the rotor blade to the yoke. The grip assembly includes a grip body formed from a contiguous laminated composite and has a substantially constant thickness, where the grip body has an upper extension, a lower extension and a connecting portion connected between an inboard end of the upper extension and an inboard end of the lower extension. An inside surface of the upper extension faces, and is substantially parallel to, an inside surface of the lower extension, and the upper extension has first features and the lower extension has second features that are aligned with the first features, where the first features and second features each include at least one of an edge contour, attachment holes, or first protective elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Mark Adam Wiinikka, John McCullough, Russell Steven Cole, William Russell Cleary, JR., Zachary Edwin Dailey
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Patent number: 10773471Abstract: A composite manufacturing system has a tool having a substantially planar first portion and a substantially planar second portion, a first carriage configured to carry a first roller that is configured to selectively apply pressure to the first portion, a second carriage configured to carry a second roller that is configured to selectively apply pressure to the second portion, and the first carriage and the second carriage are movable relative to the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2016Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Russell S. Cole, Billy Joe Benda, Pin-Lin Chiou, William Russell Cleary, Jr., Mark A. Wiinikka
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Publication number: 20200094493Abstract: A composite manufacturing system has a tool having a substantially planar first portion and a substantially planar second portion, a first carriage configured to carry a first roller that is configured to selectively apply pressure to the first portion, a second carriage configured to carry a second roller that is configured to selectively apply pressure to the second portion, and the first carriage and the second carriage are movable relative to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicant: Textron Innovations Inc.Inventors: Russell S. Cole, Billy Joe Benda, Pin-Lin Chiou, William Russell Cleary, JR., Mark A. Wiinikka
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Patent number: 7968021Abstract: The present invention is directed to the incorporation of a substructure into tooling for constructing composite structures in order to control thermal expansion of the tooling during aerospace manufacturing processes. Substructure, such as headers and/or gussets is added to the tooling to constrain the growth of the laminate expansion and/or control the diametric growth of the tool during the curing cycle. The thickness of the face-sheet of the tooling also may be reduced in order to further reduce the effective coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the tooling.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: William Russell Cleary, Jr., Casey Grant Litaker, Todd Leland Newkirk, Joshua Joseph Doyon
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Publication number: 20100276085Abstract: The present invention provides an automated fiber joint placement machine mandrel configuration where the lap joint is preferably parallel to the mold surface. Accordingly, the user may shim the mandrel segments without otherwise affecting the integrity of the seal. A lap joint is preferably utilized wherein mandrel segments are split at the stringer centerline through the middle of the hat or through the cap of the stringer. The lap joint is preferably designed such that the face sheets of the mandrel segments preferably lie flat on top of one another when placed in contact. The seal plane is thus protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: William Russell Cleary, JR., Brian K. Fling, Michael A. Butcher
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Publication number: 20090033040Abstract: The present invention provides an automated fiber joint placement machine mandrel configuration where the lap joint is preferably parallel to the mold surface. Accordingly, the user may shim the mandrel segments without otherwise affecting the integrity of the seal. A lap joint is preferably utilized wherein mandrel segments are split at the stringer centerline through the middle of the hat or through the cap of the stringer. The lap joint is preferably designed such that the face sheets of the mandrel segments preferably lie flat on top of one another when placed in contact. The seal plane is thus protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2007Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.Inventors: William Russell Cleary, JR., Brian K. Fling, Michael A. Butcher