The Boeing Company

Michael Strasik

John Ralph Hull

John A Mittleider

Mark Stewart Wilenski

Darryl F Garrigus

Thomas S Luhman

Mark Alan Negley

Kevin Earl McCrary

Thomas H Martig

Arthur C Day

Anna L Baker

Philip E Johnson

Jean-Michel I Fouard

Mark David Higgins

John Edwards

Michael D Gonzales

Richard A Hawkins

James R Schindler

Marc Rollo Matsen

Richard Henry Bossi

Robert James Miller

Michael Patrick Kozar

Kay Youngdahl Blohowiak

Michael Robert Chapman

Lee Charles Firth

Vyacheslav Khozikov

Brad Lee Kirkwood

Jason Scott Damazo

Stephen Roger Amorosi

Kevin Richard Housen

Ronald R Stephenson

Karl A Hansen, Deceased

William John Sweet

Robert Graham Albers

Daniel Elliott Sievers

Bret A Voss

Rangasamy Elangovan

Christopher Wheaton

William J Sweet

Michael Howard-Edward Ware

Harlow G Ahlstrom

John R Barton

Corrie B Martin

By John deJong, Executor

Fatih Dogan

Ilhan Aksay

William C Hicks

Kevin R Housen

John R Hull

Mark A Negley

Robert J Miller

Apparatuses, systems and methods are described for a flywheel system incorporating a rotor made from a high-strength material in an open-core flywheel architecture with a high-temperature superconductive (HTS) bearing technology to achieve the desired high energy density in the flywheel energy storage devices, to obtain superior results and performance, and that eliminates the material growth-matching problem and obviates radial growth and bending mode issues that otherwise occur at various high frequencies and speeds.

Open-core flywheel architecture

An apparatus includes a chamber and a bulk superconductor disposed within the chamber. The apparatus also includes a heating element coupled to the bulk superconductor.

System and method for operating a bulk superconductor device

Magnetic fiber structures include a fiber and a plurality of permanent magnet particles carried by the fiber.

Methods for manufacturing magnetic composite structures with high mechanical strength

Motion-damping systems and methods that include motion-damping systems are disclosed herein. The motion-damping systems are configured to damp relative motion between a base structure and an attached component that define a gap therebetween. The systems include an at least substantially rigid tubular structure that defines an internal volume and extends within the gap. The systems also include a magnetic assembly and a magnetically active body. One of the magnetic assembly and the magnetically active body is located within the tubular structure and the other of the magnetic assembly and the magnetically active body is operatively attached to a selected one of the base structure and the attached component. The magnetic assembly is in magnetic communication with the magnetically active body such that a magnetic interaction therebetween resists motion of the attached component relative to the base structure. The methods include dissipating energy with the motion-damping system.

Motion-damping systems and methods including the same

Methods and systems for protecting a duct joint are provided. An assembly for protecting a joint formed between a first duct and an adjacent second duct includes a first blanket member coupled about the first duct and a second blanket member coupled about the second duct, wherein the second blanket member extends from the first blanket member. The assembly also includes a continuous strap coupled to the first blanket member and to the second blanket member. The strap is configured to couple the first blanket member to the second blanket member such that a load path is provided from the second blanket member to the first blanket member during a duct burst event.

Systems and methods for duct protection

Methods and systems for protecting a duct joint are provided. An assembly for protecting a joint formed between a first duct and an adjacent second duct includes a first coupling element coupled about the first duct and a second coupling element coupled about the second duct. The assembly also includes a plurality of axial straps coupled between the first coupling element and the second coupling element such that each axial strap of the plurality of straps forms a loop that encircles a portion of each of the first coupling element and the second coupling element.

Methods and systems for duct protection of a vehicle are provided. The methods and systems provided include an apparatus for containing a flow of fluid discharged from a fracture in a duct. The apparatus includes a ballistic containment layer and an insulation sheath coupled to the ballistic containment layer. The insulation sheath includes a first air containment layer, an insulation layer, and a second air containment layer.

Systems and methods for duct protection of a vehicle

Methods and systems for duct protection of a vehicle are provided. The methods and systems provided include an apparatus for directing flow discharged from a facture in a duct. The apparatus includes a ballistic containment layer, an air containment layer substantially surrounding the ballistic containment layer, and a vent defined in the ballistic containment layer and the air containment layer. The vent is configured to direct a flow discharged from the duct fracture.

A composite tube is made by applying a mixture of individual reinforcing fibers and a resin onto the interior cylindrical wall of the spinning mandrel.

Method and apparatus for making fiber reinforced composite tubes

Motion-damping systems and methods that include motion-damping systems are disclosed herein. The motion-damping systems include a flexible body that is configured to extend within a gap that is defined between a base structure and an attached component. The motion-damping systems further include a magnetic assembly and a ferromagnetic body. One of the magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body is located within the flexible body and the other of the magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body is operatively affixed to a selected one of the base structure and the attached component. The magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body are oriented such that a magnetic force therebetween retains the flexible body in physical contact with the selected one of the base structure and the attached component. The methods include methods of installing and/or operating the motion-dampening systems.

Motion-damping systems between base structure and an attached component and methods including the same

A system and method for operating an ice detection and deicing system are provided herein. The ice detection and deicing system may use changing magnetic properties of various components caused by temperature changes to detect conditions conducive to, or indicating, ice formation. The ice detection and deicing system may further use eddy currents induced in one or more layers of the system to increase the temperature of the one or more layers to reduce the amount of ice formation or reduce the probability of ice being formed.

Systems and methods for predicting and controlling ice formation

Magnetic composite structures with high mechanical strength

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Sammamish, WA, United States of America

Michael Strasik