Patents by Inventor Edward W. Richards, Jr.

Edward W. Richards, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 4185799
    Abstract: An anchor fitting assembly for attaching a full width partition, having a door opening, to the fuselage structure of an airplane for dividing a passenger area into two or more compartments. During installation of the partition, provisions are made to allow the lower attachments, of the partition to the seat tracks in the floor of the compartment, to have a certain amount of freedom of movement in both the inboard/outboard and up/down directions. This floating action in the attachment is required for absorbing fuselage deflections due to flight loads imposed on the floor beams and in some cases due to torsional deflections of the wing torque box to which the seat track is fixedly attached, in order to maintain a square door opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 29, 1980
    Assignee: Boeing Commercial Airplane Company
    Inventor: Edward W. Richards, Jr.