Patents by Inventor Richard Philip Topf

Richard Philip Topf 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).

  • Method and Apparatus for Concurrently Dispensing and Fairing High Viscosity Fluid
    Publication number: 20150044376
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming and shaping a fillet at an interface. A fluid may be dispensed from a nozzle onto the interface as the nozzle is moved along the interface to form the fillet. An exposed surface of the fillet may be worked using a fairing element associated with the nozzle, as the nozzle is moved along the interface and the fluid is dispensed from the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Philip Topf, Martin Hanna Guirguis, Don David Trend, Angelica Davancens
  • Feedback Control System for Performing Fluid Dispensing Operations
    Publication number: 20150028051
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a dispensing device. Sensor data about fluid that is being dispensed through the dispensing device may be received. A pressure of the fluid may be identified using the sensor data. A tool configured to move the fluid from a fluid source to the dispensing device based on the pressure identified to control a rate at which the fluid flows from the fluid source to the dispensing device may be controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Philip Topf, Martin Guirguis