Jack Wilson Reany

US Patent:

20130101823, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/278501

Inventors:

Terry M. Sanderson - Tucson AZ, US
David R. Sar - Corona CA, US
Jack W. Reany - Corona de Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

B32B 5/18

US Classification:

428221

Abstract:

A foam material is an open-cell material, with ordered voids forming an interconnected network of voids within a continuous material matrix. The voids may be spherical. There may be different sizes of voids, with the smaller voids located between larger voids. The continuous material matrix may include a polymer material, such as a shape memory polymer. Balloons or spheres may be included within the continuous material matrix to further reduce the density of the foam material. The foam material may have a global density of 20% or less. The density of the material may vary, perhaps continuously, with position within the foam material. The foam material may be made by producing an array of a removable material corresponding to the shape of the voids, forming the continuous material matrix around the removable material, and then removing the removable material, such as by dissolving the removable material.

US Patent:

20130200208, Aug 8, 2013

Filed:

Oct 25, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/660209

Inventors:

Raytheon Company - Watlham MA, US
Terry M. Sanderson - Tucson AZ, US
Jack W. Reany - Corona de Tucson AZ, US

Assignee:

RAYTHEON COMPANY - Watlham MA

International Classification:

B64C 3/56

US Classification:

244 327, 244218, 244 13

Abstract:

An air vehicle wing includes foldable ribs coupled to a leading-edge spar. The ribs each have multiple rib segments which are foldable (hinged) relative to each other. Extension linkages, each with multiple extension linkage segments, pass through openings in the rib segments, and may be coupled to the rib segments with pin couplings, able to change relative angle between the individual rib segments and the extension linkage segments to which they are coupled. A skin may cover the ribs, to provide an outer surface of the wing that may be unfolded as the wing is expanded from a stowed, small-chord condition, to a deployed, large-chord condition.

US Patent:

20130099050, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/278477

Inventors:

Terry M. Sanderson - Tucson AZ, US
Michael S. Cherry - Tucson AZ, US
Jack W. Reany - Corona de Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

B64C 3/56
B64C 3/38

US Classification:

244 49, 244124

Abstract:

An aircraft wing has hinged ribs, and a skin covering the ribs. The ribs each include plural rib sections, array from the leading edge of the wing, to the trailing edge of the wing, and a lock to hold the rib sections together in a deployed state or condition. The wings are initially in a stowed state, with the ribs and the rib sections having a curved chord, and deploy to the deployed state, in which the ribs have a straightened chord that defines an airfoil state. The wing may have foam material between the ribs to allow the wings to expand in the wingspan direction, for instance after the ribs have been placed in the deployed state.

US Patent:

20130099049, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 21, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/278493

Inventors:

Jack W. Reany - Corona de Tucson AZ, US
Terry M. Sanderson - Tucson AZ, US

International Classification:

B64C 3/56

US Classification:

244 46

Abstract:

A wing includes a spar, and a pair of flexible skins that are attached to the spar. The spar is at the leading edge of the wing, and the skins extend toward the trailing edge of the wing. The wing deploys from a stowed condition, in which the skins are curved in the same direction around a fuselage of an aircraft, to a deployed condition, in which the skins provide the wing with an airfoil cross-sectional shape, for example with the skins curve in opposite direction. A lock is used to maintain the skins in the deployed state, with the lock for example located at the trailing edge of the wing. The lock may be a mechanical mechanism that automatically locks the wing in the deployed state, preventing the wing from returning to the stowed state.

US Patent:

20160265877, Sep 15, 2016

Filed:

Mar 12, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/656128

Inventors:

- Waltham MA, US
Keith A. Elkins - Tucson AZ, US
Jack W. Reany - Corona De Tuc AZ, US

International Classification:

F41F 3/042
F16B 11/00

Abstract:

A tube to bulkhead joint is provided. The joint includes a bulkhead defining an aperture and comprising an interior facing sidewall at the aperture, a tubular element, which is insertible into the aperture, the tubular element including an end sized to fit into the aperture and slotted to form multiple deflectable fingers, and adhesive disposable between at least the multiple deflectable fingers and the interior facing sidewall of the aperture.