Inventor · Oro Valley, AZ, US

Darrell Horner

38Patents
6h-index
67Co-inventors
72Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 21, 2002 → Aug 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7096657B2 Gas turbine engine electromechanical variable inlet guide vane actuation system Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 34 Expired
US8376818B2 Thrust recovery, or other valve, containing two independently actuated doors and control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 19 Active
US8500526B2 Variable set point all-electric pressure relief valve and control, independent from the automatic cabin pressure control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 18 Active
US6737988B2 Instrumentation and control circuit having multiple, dissimilar sources for supplying warnings, indications, and controls and an integrated cabin pressure control system valve incorporating the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 12 Expired
US6979257B2 Cabin pressure control method and apparatus using all-electric control without outflow valve position feedback Physics 11 Expired
US6945278B2 Fully integrated aircraft cabin pressure control system valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 10 Expired
US7008314B2 Aircraft modular cabin pressure regulator Performing Operations; Transporting 5 Expired
US6962324B2 Cabin pressure outflow control valve having non-linear flow control characteristics Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Expired
US7462098B2 Cabin pressure control system and method that accommodates aircraft take-off with and without a cabin pressurization source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7571742B2 Butterfly outflow valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US6761628B2 Control system and method for implementing fixed cabin pressure rate of change during aircraft climb Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US7686680B2 Closed-loop cabin pressure control system test method with actual pressure feedback Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US9783306B2 Bi-fold thrust recovery outflow valve with a ram air flap Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8694181B2 Cabin pressure control system with multiple outflow valves and method of calibrating the outflow valve position feedback during flight Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8632381B2 Lightweight cabin pressure thrust recovery outflow valve Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US10988262B2 Cabin pressure control system architecture using cabin pressure air for inlet to APU core compressor Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7101277B2 Control system and method for controlling aircraft cabin altitude during aircraft operations above maximum certified aircraft altitude Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Expired
US10106263B2 Wireless aircraft cabin pressure control system utilizing smart pressure sensors Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US7032884B2 Outflow valve butterfly plate retention pin Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 2 Expired
US8864559B2 Multiple outflow valve cabin pressure control system Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 2 Active
US8808072B2 Cabin pressure control system dual valve control and monitoring architecture Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US7472885B2 Compact, lightweight cabin pressure control system butterfly outflow valve with redundancy features Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9096320B2 Cabin pressure thrust recovery outflow valve with single door Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8382035B2 Poppet valve for cabin pressure control systems Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US7549916B2 Cabin pressure control system and method that implements high-speed sampling and averaging techniques to compute cabin pressure rate of change Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.