Patents by Inventor Paul Reuben Arntson

Paul Reuben Arntson 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).

  • Flexible rail multiaxis machine tool and method
    Patent number: 7216408
    Abstract: A flexible rail machine tool couples temporarily to a structure by vacuum cups and positions a tool head at any desired point over an area. The toolhead can perform operations such as drilling, bolt insertion, and acquisition of dimension data. The flexible rail can conform to surface curvature in one or more axes. Tool head perpendicularity to the structure can be sensed and adjusted as needed. The as-attached position of the rail may be compensated for through coordinate transformation, allowing holes, for example, to be placed with substantial precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Theodore M. Boyl-Davis, James N. Buttrick, Jr., Roger A. Gage, Darrell D. Jones, David P. Banks, Ronald Wayne Outous, Paul Reuben Arntson, James C. Murphy, Alan R. Merkley
  • Electromagnetic coil, and method and apparatus for making same
    Patent number: 6481092
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coil assembly particularly suited for use in high-acceleration impact devices includes an inner hub having a flat metal and dielectric strip wound thereabout to form a coil, and an outer body mounted about the inner hub against one side of the coil. Inner and outer coil leads are formed by flat 90° bends of the inner and outer ends of the coil strip, such that the coil leads extend axially away from the coil toward one end of the coil assembly. Recesses are formed in the end faces of the inner hub and outer body at this end of the assembly, and the coil leads are folded into these recesses and attached by lug connectors to a pair of electrical conductors that lead out the side of the coil assembly. The coil leads and conductors are secured in the recesses, preferably by potting them in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James N. Buttrick, Jr., Kostandinos Papanikolaou, David Paul Banks, Paul Reuben Arntson
  • Electromagnetic coil, and method and apparatus for making same
    Publication number: 20020118088
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coil assembly particularly suited for use in high-acceleration impact devices includes an inner hub having a flat metal and dielectric strip wound thereabout to form a coil, and an outer body mounted about the inner hub against one side of the coil. Inner and outer coil leads are formed by flat 90° bends of the inner and outer ends of the coil strip, such that the coil leads extend axially away from the coil toward one end of the coil assembly. Recesses are formed in the end faces of the inner hub and outer body at this end of the assembly, and the coil leads are folded into these recesses and attached by lug connectors to a pair of electrical conductors that lead out the side of the coil assembly. The coil leads and conductors are secured in the recesses, preferably by potting them in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James N. Buttrick, Kostandinos Papanikolaou, David Paul Banks, Paul Reuben Arntson