公开(公告)号：US20250083929A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18463468

申请日：2023-09-08

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Brent A. Beach

IPC: B66C1/42

Abstract: A lift includes a lift-arm, a joint that is coupled to the lift-arm, and a lift-frame that is coupled to the joint, opposite the lift-arm. The lift includes a gripper that is coupled to the lift-frame. The lift includes a lift-drive assembly that revolves the lift-frame about a lift-axis that is parallel to a pitch-axis of the lift-frame and relative to the lift-arm. The lift includes a roll-drive assembly that revolves the lift-frame about a joint-axis that is parallel to a roll-axis of the lift-frame and relative to the lift-arm.

公开(公告)号：US20250083792A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-13

申请号：US18462934

申请日：2023-09-07

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Danilo Vukosav ,  Mark R. McLaughlin ,  Ronald L. McGhee ,  Christopher B. Barney ,  Gary M. Buckus ,  Max U. Kismarton

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C1/12 ,  B64F5/10

Abstract: A circumferential skin joint according to the present disclosure may comprise a first composite fuselage member having a first composite skin comprising a first chamfer at least partially defining a first distal end of the first composite fuselage member, the first chamfer defining a first tapered mating surface extending circumferentially around an outer surface of the first composite fuselage member. In some examples, the circumferential skin joint further comprises a second composite fuselage member having a second composite skin, the second composite skin comprising a second chamfer at least partially defining a second distal end of the second composite fuselage member and defining a second tapered mating surface extending circumferentially around an inner surface of the second composite fuselage member. The first tapered mating surface contacts the second tapered mating surface to form a tapered lap joint between the first composite fuselage member and the second composite fuselage member.

公开(公告)号：US12249666B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US16216449

申请日：2018-12-11

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Christopher M. Fetzer ,  Dimitri D. Krut

IPC: H01L31/0687 ,  H01L31/0352 ,  H01L31/0725

Abstract: A low bandgap absorber region (LBAR) used in a laser power converter (LPC). The laser power converter is comprised of one or more subcells on a substrate, wherein at least one of the subcells has an emitter and base, with the low bandgap absorber region coupled between the emitter and base. The emitter and base are comprised of a material with a bandgap higher than a wavelength of incident laser light, and the low bandgap absorber region is comprised of a material with a bandgap lower than the emitter and base. The emitter and base are transparent to the incident laser light, and the low bandgap absorber region absorbs the incident laser light and generates a current in response thereto, such that the current is controlled by the material and thickness of the low bandgap absorber region. The low bandgap absorber region is configured to produce a current balanced to the subcells connected in series.

公开(公告)号：US12247609B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US18354821

申请日：2023-07-19

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Nathan A. Muntz ,  Farahnaz Sisco ,  Blake A. Simpson

IPC: F16B5/02 ,  F16B19/02 ,  F16B39/28

Abstract: A fastener system for joining substrates of a workpiece with working and blind sides includes a nut member, a sleeve member and a bolt member. The nut member includes a nut bore with internal threads. The nut member is placed with the nut bore over a joining bore through the substrates on the blind side. The sleeve member includes an outer sleeve surface with a lubricious coating. The sleeve member is inserted in the joining bore from the working side. The bolt member includes a head portion, a threaded portion and a shank portion. The bolt member is inserted in a central bore of the sleeve member. The threaded portion engages with the internal threads of the nut member. As the bolt member becomes fully engaged, the shank portion causes radial expansion of the sleeve member, and the sleeve member provides an interference fit within the joining bore.

公开(公告)号：US12246852B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17454268

申请日：2021-11-10

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Daniel R. Smith ,  Darrell D. Jones ,  Farahnaz Sisco ,  Kwok Tung Chan ,  Riley HansonSmith

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64C1/12

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling aircraft fuselages. One embodiment is a method for assembling a fuselage of an aircraft. The method includes indexing an arcuate section of a fuselage to a frame installation station, feeding a frame at the frame installation station into a concavity defined by the arcuate section, placing the frame against an Inner Mold Line (IML) of the arcuate section while the frame is within the concavity, and affixing the frame to the arcuate section.

公开(公告)号：US12246522B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US17494622

申请日：2021-10-05

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Joseph L. Hafenrichter ,  Gary E. Georgeson ,  Marc J. Piehl

IPC: B32B37/00

Abstract: A nozzle for dispensing adhesive between a first part and a second part comprises a nozzle body. The nozzle body comprises a first-part engagement surface. The nozzle body also comprises a second-part engagement surface, contiguous with the first-part engagement surface and defining an engagement-surface angle, greater than 0° and less than 180°, with a virtual plane, coincident with the first-part engagement surface. The nozzle body further comprises a nozzle-body outlet port, formed in the second-part engagement surface. The nozzle body additionally comprises a nozzle-body inlet port, formed in the first-part engagement surface. The nozzle also comprises a separator plate, coupled with and extending from the nozzle body.

公开(公告)号：US12246106B2

公开(公告)日：2025-03-11

申请号：US18465284

申请日：2023-09-12

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Arthur Edward Brockschmidt, Jr. ,  Kevin S. Callahan ,  Jamie J. Childress ,  Michael Kipling Klein ,  Douglas Alan Brown ,  Christopher Edward Plass ,  Teresa A. King

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  A61L2/26

Abstract: A portable sanitizing method includes moving a cover of a case assembly between an open position that exposes a storage chamber and a closed position; storing a wand assembly including a sanitizing head having an ultraviolet (UV) lamp in the storage chamber when not in use; and removing the wand assembly from the storage chamber to disinfect one or more components with UV light emitted by the UV lamp.

公开(公告)号：US20250079749A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18460923

申请日：2023-09-05

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Shawn David Mohlman ,  Matthew B. Knuth ,  Robert Arthur Nye ,  Paula Mascagni Gatti ,  Eduardo Montero-Valdez ,  Lawrence Britten Adamski ,  Lars Eric Blacken ,  Bradley J. Mitchell ,  Jeffrey Alan McCaskey ,  Ty Aaby Larsen ,  Ryan Patrick Rogers ,  Joel Douglas Johnson ,  Darren Chan ,  Grace L. Duncan ,  Damien O. Martin

IPC: H01R13/508 ,  H01R13/11 ,  H01R13/58

Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a module retainer and a set of two or more cable insert modules sized and shaped for removable retention within two or more module slots of the module retainer. A cable insert module of the set of two or more cable insert modules includes a cable insertion recess sized and shaped for insertion of a cable wire of a cable, a connectivity interface on an opposing face of the cable insert module, and a transmission path between the cable insertion recess and the connectivity interface.

公开(公告)号：US20250077578A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18456822

申请日：2023-08-28

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： David Richard Bowman ,  Mary Kay Van De Vanter

IPC: G06F16/901 ,  G06F16/22

Abstract: A server computing device including one or more server memory devices storing a relational database. The server computing device further includes one or more server processing devices configured to receive an ephemeral graph database request. The ephemeral graph database request indicates a selection of data stored in the relational database. The processing devices generate an ephemeral graph database that encodes the selected data in a graph structure and store the ephemeral graph database in binary large object (BLOB) storage at the one or more memory devices. The processing devices receive instructions to apply a graph analytics algorithm at the ephemeral graph database. The processing devices read the ephemeral graph database from the BLOB storage and apply the graph analytics algorithm to the ephemeral graph database to generate a graph analytics result. The processing devices output the graph analytics result and delete the ephemeral graph database from the BLOB storage.

公开(公告)号：US20250076859A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18461208

申请日：2023-09-05

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Matthew Lee Scott ,  James William Fonda ,  Geoffrey Nathaniel Greene

IPC: G05B19/418

Abstract: One example provides a method of monitoring a product moving through a manufacturing flow being performed across a plurality of product lifecycle phases. The method comprises obtaining, by computer network from a first device in a first product lifecycle phase, first object data related to a first process performed by a first device on the product, and obtaining, by the computer network from a second device in a second product lifecycle phase, second object data related to a second process performed by a second device on the product. The method further comprises determining product lifecycle data for the product based on the first object data and the second object data. The method further comprises storing the product lifecycle data for analyzing the manufacturing flow across the plurality of product lifecycle phases performed on the product.