Patents by Inventor Alan Frank Tegeler

Alan Frank Tegeler has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automated system and method for smoothing wrinkled material
    Patent number: 10800091
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
  • Automated System and Method for Smoothing Wrinkled Material
    Publication number: 20180264710
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
  • Automated system and method for smoothing wrinkled material
    Patent number: 9993960
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
  • Automated System and Method for Smoothing Wrinkled Material
    Publication number: 20160039140
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando