Patents Represented by Attorney Bernard Donahue
  • Patent number: 4593476
    Abstract: A tube checking system is made up of a template placed on a flat metallic surface, and a series of adjustable holding fixtures places at selected positions along the template. The template has a computer aided layout of a plan view of a formed tube inscribed on a film with selected check points along the layout showing the height and angle of the tubing above the check point. Each holding fixture is adjustable as to height and angle, is indexed to align to the check point, and has a switchable on off magnet in the base to secure the fixture in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1986
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kevin E. Clark, Richard P. Jones