Rodney William Graham

US Patent:

RE37550, Feb 19, 2002

Filed:

Jan 12, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/228682

Inventors:

Robert T. Sabol - Aliso Viejo CA
Craig J. Fennessy - Huntington Beach CA
Rodney E. Graham - Tustin CA

Assignee:

Disposable Waste Systems, Inc. - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

B02C 1816

US Classification:

2411012, 241236

Abstract:

A solid waste material comminuting system having a electric motor for providing rotary motion, a pair of cutter stacks with cutter elements of one stack interleaved with cutter elements of the other, and gear means to transmit the rotary motion of the electric motor to counter-rotate cutter elements of one stack with cutter elements of the other. Each of the cutter stacks comprise a central shaft journaled for rotation and a bearing module at each end of the central shafts. Each bearing module comprises an end housing, and a pair of insertable preassembled bearing assemblies mountable in each of said end housings. One bearing assembly has a thru-hole for journaling a first shaft for rotation and a second bearing assembly has a thru-hole for journaling a second shaft for rotation. The housing has an inspection port at the top to allow for tightening of the cutter stack. The device employs side rails having interleaved and smooth portions to guide solids to the cutter stack and to accelerate the flow of fluid around the outside of the cutters.

US Patent:

7152635, Dec 26, 2006

Filed:

Feb 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/708110

Inventors:

Bradford L. Moravec - Kirkland WA, US
Royal E. Boggs - Kirkland WA, US
Rodney N. Graham - Issaquah WA, US
Alan Grim - Lake Stevens WA, US
David A. Adkins - Bothell WA, US
Donald Snow, Jr. - Fountain Valley CA, US
Greg A. Haack - Signal Hill CA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B65B 31/04

US Classification:

141 64, 141 66, 141 94, 141 82, 244135 R

Abstract:

An inerting system () for an aircraft () includes one or more fuel tank circuits () associated with fuel tanks (). An air source () supplies pressurized air. A heat exchanger () cools the pressurized air. An air separation module () is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger () and separates inerting gas from the pressurized air. A controller () controls flow of the inerting gas from the air separation module () to the fuel tanks ().

US Patent:

47071508, Nov 17, 1987

Filed:

Jan 14, 1987

Appl. No.:

7/003334

Inventors:

Rodney E. Graham - Tustin CA

Assignee:

Disposable Waste Systems, Inc. - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

F16C 3378

US Classification:

384481

Abstract:

An annular elastomeric seal wedge of diamond shaped radial cross section under axial compression has opposite axial ends fitted within V-shaped cross section annular grooves within a radially projected shoulder of a bushing of a fluid pressure assisted rotary shaft seal and a similar V-shaped annular groove within the axial end face of the rotating seal race. A radial groove is formed within the side of the annular elastomeric seal wedge remote from the outside of the rotary shaft seal which receives an annular metal wave spring having axial undulations for axially biasing the rotating seal race in contact with the end face of a static seal race to form the dynamic shaft seal and for maintaining the positive pressure seal between the ends of the axial ends of the diamond shaped annular elastomeric seal wedge across the gap between the bushing radially projecting shoulder and the facing end of the rotating seal race.

US Patent:

61764434, Jan 23, 2001

Filed:

Sep 25, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/160180

Inventors:

Ramon E. Boyd - Huntington Beach CA
Armando I. Chacon - Santa Ana CA
Ronald A. Duecker - Orange CA
Craig J. Fennessy - Huntington Beach CA
Winslow P. Freeman - Long Beach CA
Rodney E. Graham - Tustin CA
Robert T. Sabol - Aliso Viejo CA
Enrique Santiago - Santa Ana CA

Assignee:

Disposable Waste Systems, Inc. - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

B02C 1840

US Classification:

241 4602

Abstract:

An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises a cutter assembly positioned in the stream and a drive mechanism coupled to the cutter assembly to rotate the cutter assembly. The drive mechanism may be electric or hydraulic. A diverter unit is mounted to the frame. It may be a single diverter or dual diverters. The diverter unit comprises a cylindrical drum rotating on a stub shaft. It may also be a helical coil. A drive assembly operably couples the drive mechanism to the drum shaft to rotate the cylindrical drum as the cutter assembly rotates. In operation the diverter unit is positioned side by side to the grinder unit to diverts solids in the effluent stream toward the grinder unit for size reduction. Side rails are employed for flow control around both the diverter unit and the grinder unit.

US Patent:

63329840, Dec 25, 2001

Filed:

May 22, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/576345

Inventors:

Ramon E. Boyd - Huntington Beach CA
Armando I. Chacon - Santa Ana CA
Ronald A. Duecker - Orange CA
Craig J. Fennessy - Huntington Beach CA
Winslow P. Freeman - Long Beach CA
Rodney E. Graham - Tustin CA
Robert T. Sabol - Aliso Viejo CA
Enrique Santiago - Santa Ana CA

Assignee:

Chambers, Boyd and Associates - Santa Ana CA

International Classification:

B01D 2948

US Classification:

2104971

Abstract:

An integrated system for diverting and reducing the size of waste materials in an effluent stream comprising a frame having a bottom housing and a top housing and mountable in the stream. A grinder unit is mounted to the frame bottom housing and comprises a cutter assembly positioned in the stream and a drive mechanism coupled to the cutter assembly to rotate the cutter assembly. The drive mechanism may be electric or hydraulic. A diverter unit is mounted to the frame. It may be a single diverter or dual diverters. The diverter unit comprises a cylindrical drum rotating on a stub shaft. It may also be a helical coil. A drive assembly operably couples the drive mechanism to the drum shaft to rotate the cylindrical drum as the cutter assembly rotates. In operation the diverter unit is positioned side by side to the grinder unit to diverts solids in the effluent stream toward the grinder unit for size reduction. Side rails are employed for flow control around both the diverter unit and the grinder unit.

US Patent:

20160152343, Jun 2, 2016

Filed:

Dec 2, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/557959

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Rodney N. Graham - Issaquah WA, US
Alan Grim - Lake Stevens WA, US
Patrick J. Mulvaney - Everett WA, US
Eric C. Olson - Seattle WA, US
Ivana Jojic - Bellevue WA, US
Mark M. Thornton - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

B64D 37/34
B64D 37/04

Abstract:

A cooling system for a fuel tank of an aircraft includes a temperature sensor, a cooling system, and a control module. The temperature sensor detects a fuel temperature within the fuel tank. The cooling system maintains the fuel temperature below a control temperature. The phase change cooling system includes a heat exchanger. A cooling fluid flows through the heat exchanger and is in thermal communication with a surface of the fuel tank. The control module is in signal communication with the temperature sensor and the cooling system. The control module includes control logic for monitoring the temperature sensor, determining if the fuel temperature is above the control temperature, and generating an activation signal.