"Any solution must eliminate the root cause."

16 June 2010

Conceptual DESIGN Development

Frank Kendall Porter Jr. P.E.

Post Office Box 384 Billerica MA. 01821

Fundamentals

Intellectual: Concepts come to fruition, given objectives.

Mechanical: Concepts are reduced to working practice.

System: Readily visualizes the complete picture.

Mentor: Promotes/challenges young engineers.

Design: Seeks viable cost effective solutions.

Endurance: Brings the task to conclusion.

Relationships: Works well with others.

Discipline: Sticks to the task at hand.

Tools: Software, pencil, vocalizing.

Storyteller: Only if there's a yarn.

Troubleshooter: Perceptive.

Disposition: Humble

Outlook: Optimistic

U.S.Patents

3,706,865

5,014,591

5,062,590

5,064,141

5,119,715

5,314,144

5,746,617

6,010,349

6,247,957

6,344,736

6,369,598

Successful design discipline has many facets. I make no claim to all of these attributes, but believe they are important to success.

ELAPSED TIME INDICATOR

MULTIPLE ENCODER FUZE

VENTING AND SEALING MECHANISM

TIME DELAY FUZE

APPARATUS FOR WING ATTACHMENT

THERMALLY COMPENSATED

INSERT FASTENER

SELF-ALIGNING COAXIAL

CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

LOCKING COUPLING ASSEMBLY

QUICK CONNECT AND QUICK DISCONNECT

CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

SELF-ALIGNING INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR USE IN TESTING ELECTRICAL DEVICES

PNEUMATIC PLANAR PROBE