Patents Represented by Attorney M. A. Case
  • Patent number: 4599018
    Abstract: A pair of support members and a pair of drilling units are mounted for reciprocal movement along a carriage. The support members secure to latch bolts on an elongated surface to be drilled. The drill units move along the carriage in both an X and Y direction to automatically drill holes in the surface. The drill units are then secured to latch bolts and the carriage with support members advanced on rollers located in the support members. The support members are secured to the next latch bolts and the process continued until holes are drilled throughout the length of the surface to be drilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1986
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Quentin T. Woods
  • Patent number: 4315492
    Abstract: An EGR valve control signal developed by the EGR modulator circuit for controlling the EGR valve is combined in a feedback loop with a signal representative of an engine combustion condition, e.g. engine knock to modify ignition timing through advance or retard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1982
    Inventor: Conrad O. Gardner