公开(公告)号：US11319070B2

公开(公告)日：2022-05-03

申请号：US16455854

申请日：2019-06-28

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Joseph L. Hafenrichter ,  Gary E. Georgeson

IPC: B64D1/22 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B66C1/28 ,  B66C1/66 ,  F16L37/127

Abstract: A deployable clasping system is configured to be deployed from a component and securely clasp and release an object. The deployable clasping system includes a cable that is deployable from the transit vehicle. A clasp assembly is coupled to the cable. The clasp assembly is configured to securely clasp the object. A propulsion sub-system is coupled to one or both of the cable and the clasp assembly. The propulsion sub-system is configured to maneuver the clasp assembly to the object.

公开(公告)号：US11287507B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US15966563

申请日：2018-04-30

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： William P. Motzer ,  Gary E. Georgeson ,  Jill P. Bingham ,  James C. Kennedy ,  Jeffry J. Garvey

IPC: G01S11/16 ,  G01S3/801 ,  G01N29/34 ,  G01N29/44 ,  G06T17/00 ,  G06F30/20

Abstract: A method for testing a structure includes steps of: identifying a three-dimensional position of a surface of the structure relative to a reference frame; transmitting laser light from an output of a transmitter onto the surface of the structure to form ultrasonic waves in the structure and to detect a response to the ultrasonic waves; based on the three-dimensional position of the surface, moving the laser light over the structure along a scan path so that the output of the transmitter is located at a constant offset distance from the surface and that the laser light, transmitted from the output of the transmitter, is directed onto the surface at a constant angle of projection; and based on the response to the ultrasonic waves, determining whether an inconsistency is present in the structure.

公开(公告)号：US11262195B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-01

申请号：US16806894

申请日：2020-03-02

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Shahrooz M. Jahanbin ,  Jeong-Beom Ihn ,  Gary E. Georgeson ,  Nihar Ashokkumar Desai

IPC: G01B17/08 ,  G01N29/04 ,  G01N29/11 ,  G01N29/44

Abstract: A surface roughness analysis system and methods of analyzing surface roughness of a workpiece are presented. The surface roughness analysis system comprises a number of wave generators; a number of wave sensors; and an ultrasonic analysis system configured to receive material mechanical parameters for a workpiece, determine incident surface wave signal parameters for a source signal to be sent by the number of wave generators, and determine a cut-off wavelength using the material mechanical parameters, wherein the cut-off wavelength is a ratio of surface wavelength over incident wavelength.

公开(公告)号：US11238675B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US15945640

申请日：2018-04-04

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： James J. Troy ,  Scott W. Lea ,  Daniel J. Wright ,  Gary E. Georgeson

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  G07C5/08 ,  B64F5/60 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06F17/16 ,  G06K9/00

Abstract: A ground-based visual-inspection system includes a ground-based visual-inspection apparatus and a control system. The ground-based visual-inspection apparatus includes a mobile base, an actuatable arm coupled to the mobile base, and an effector coupled to the actuatable arm. The actuatable arm is locatable in a three dimensional space. The end effector includes a camera configured to capture images of a structure, such as an aircraft. The control system is configured to determine location information of the camera relative to a reference location and associate the location information with the images.

公开(公告)号：US20220001641A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-06

申请号：US17481491

申请日：2021-09-22

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Kenneth H. Griess ,  Gary E. Georgeson

IPC: B32B1/00 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B15/01 ,  B32B38/18

Abstract: A laminated metallic structure includes preformed metallic sheets of graduated three-dimensional sizes. The preformed metallic sheets have a three-dimensional shape and are nested together to form a preform. The preformed metallic sheets in the preform are bonded together to form a three-dimensional body, having a near-net three-dimensional shape.

公开(公告)号：US20210399203A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-23

申请号：US16907192

申请日：2020-06-20

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Saman Farhangdoust ,  Gary E. Georgeson ,  Jeong-Beom Ihn

IPC: H01L41/053 ,  H02J50/00 ,  H01L41/113 ,  H02J7/00 ,  B60L53/30 ,  B60L53/66 ,  B64D43/00

Abstract: A metamaterial-based substrate (meta-substrate) for piezoelectric energy harvesters. The design of the meta-substrate combines kirigami and auxetic topologies to create a high-performance platform including preferable mechanical properties of both metamaterial morphable structures. The creative design of the meta-substrate can improve strain-induced vibration applications in structural health monitoring, internet-of-things systems, micro-electromechanical systems, wireless sensor networks, vibration energy harvesters, and other applications whose efficiency is dependent on their deformation performance. The meta-substrate energy harvesting device includes a meta-material substrate comprising an auxetic frame having two kirigami cuts and a piezoelectric element adhered to the auxetic frame by means of a thin layer of elastic glue.

公开(公告)号：US20210310783A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-07

申请号：US16840256

申请日：2020-04-03

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson ,  William J. Tapia

IPC: G01B7/15 ,  G01N27/02

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of measuring a gap between exterior structures and interior structures. The method comprises directing a transmitted m-wave signal from an exterior surface of the exterior structure into the exterior structure and the interior structure. The transmitted m-wave signal is generated by a gap sensing device that comprises an electromagnetic dual-tuned resonant coil sensor. The method also comprises measuring a received m-wave signal with the gap sensing device. The received m-wave signal comprises the transmitted m-wave signal influenced by the assembly. The method further comprises determining a size of the gap between the exterior structure and the interior structure based at least partially on at least one measured characteristic of the received m-wave signal.

公开(公告)号：US20210270604A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US16806894

申请日：2020-03-02

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Shahrooz M. Jahanbin ,  Jeong-Beom Ihn ,  Gary E. Georgeson ,  Nihar Ashokkumar Desai

IPC: G01B17/08

Abstract: A surface roughness analysis system and methods of analyzing surface roughness of a workpiece are presented. The surface roughness analysis system comprises a number of wave generators; a number of wave sensors; and an ultrasonic analysis system configured to receive material mechanical parameters for a workpiece, determine incident surface wave signal parameters for a source signal to be sent by the number of wave generators, and determine a cut-off wavelength using the material mechanical parameters, wherein the cut-off wavelength is a ratio of surface wavelength over incident wavelength.

公开(公告)号：US11084269B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US16144520

申请日：2018-09-27

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Kenneth Harlan Griess ,  Gary E. Georgeson

IPC: B32B37/14 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B32B5/26 ,  B32B5/28 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B15/01 ,  B32B15/14 ,  B32B3/06 ,  B32B3/14 ,  B32B3/18 ,  B64C1/12 ,  C22C14/00 ,  B29C70/86 ,  B29C70/88 ,  B29C65/02 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B32B15/08 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B37/18 ,  B29C65/56 ,  B29C65/48 ,  B29C65/72 ,  B29L31/30

Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.

公开(公告)号：US20210239460A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US16780601

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson ,  Kenneth H. Griess ,  Russell L. Keller

IPC: G01B11/16

Abstract: Systems and methods for assessing strain in structural components are disclosed. Structural components may have geometric patterns of diffraction cavities within the structural component, with the diffraction cavities in the geometric pattern each having a cavity width and being spaced from each other by a cavity spacing distance. The method may include projecting beams of electromagnetic (EM) energy through the structural component to the geometric pattern of diffraction cavities to create diffracted beams of EM energy that are reflected from or transmitted through the geometric pattern of diffraction cavities and have diffracted wavelengths indicating changes in the cavity spacing distances due to strain caused when the structural component is exposed to environmental conditions, detecting the diffracted wavelength of the diffracted beams, and correlating the diffracted wavelengths of the diffracted beams to the strain in the structural components.