Patents by Inventor Amy M. Helvey
Amy M. Helvey 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).
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Patent number: 9409253Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mike P. Matlack, Amy M. Helvey, Randy A. Card
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Publication number: 20160136754Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mike P. Matlack, Amy M. Helvey, Randy A. Card
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Patent number: 9272362Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mike P. Matlack, Amy M. Helvey, Randy A. Card
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Publication number: 20150231733Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mike P. Matlack, Amy M. Helvey, Randy A. Card
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Patent number: 9056370Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, an article for filling an opening in an object includes a plug having a body, a first flange, and a second flange. The plug has a trailing end. The first flange is in contact with the body and extends away from the body. The second flange is in contact with the first flange and extends away from the first flange and the body. The second flange is configured to deform toward the body upon installation of the plug into the opening. This deformation of the second flange rotationally and translationally secures the plug in the opening and consolidates the plug in the opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Mike P. Matlack, Amy M. Helvey, Randy A. Card
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Patent number: 7716802Abstract: The present application is directed to a process for forming a machined part. The process comprises providing a substrate and depositing a rough part on the substrate. One or more sacrificial supports are deposited adjacent to the rough part on the substrate. All or a portion of the one or more sacrificial supports and a portion of the rough part are removed. Additional embodiments are directed to aircraft part assemblies, and aircraft parts made by the above process.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eric J. Stern, Amy M. Helvey, Christopher H. Swallow
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Patent number: 7380321Abstract: A method of holding a billet of material (70) to a machining table (106) includes determining a first set of outer dimensions of a component (72) to be machined. The billet of material (70) is selected in response to the first set of outer dimensions to have a second set of outer dimensions. Dimensions of the second set of outer dimensions are approximately equal to or greater than corresponding dimensions of the first set of outer dimensions. Multiple tabs (76) are attached to the billet of material (70). The tabs (76) are rigidly fixed to the machining table (106). A machining system (50) includes a controller (52) that determines a first set of outer dimensions of a component (72) to be machined. A tab-forming mechanism (54) generates multiple tabs (76) that are configured to be rigidly fixed to a machining table (106).Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2006Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eric J. Stern, Amy M. Helvey, David P. Heck, Ricky L. Martin
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Patent number: 7192248Abstract: An air turbine driven rotary machine tool having a tool casing, a turbine rotor mounted within the casing for rotation, a stator mounted in fixed position in the tool casing coaxially aligned with the turbine rotor, a annular cavity defined within the casing and coaxially aligned with the stator and rotor for supplying air to the stator blades, a cylindrical spindle coaxially mounted with the turbine rotor in the tool casing for rotation with the turbine rotor, and a tool holder mounted coaxially to the spindle for rotation therewith and having an end thereof for operably receiving a cutting tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 20, 2007Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Amy M. Helvey, Keith A. Young, Hana Tlusty, legal representative, Kevin Waymack, Jiri Tlusty, deceased
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Patent number: 6976810Abstract: A rotatable cutter wheel for machining structural members is provided. The cutter wheel includes a disk, typically formed of carbide, defining a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a plurality of radial blades. At least one of the first and second sides defines a dished or concave surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: December 20, 2005Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Amy M. Helvey, Matthew Davies, Karl Martin, Brian Dutterer
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Publication number: 20040013477Abstract: A rotatable cutter wheel for machining structural members is provided. The cutter wheel includes a disk, typically formed of carbide, defining a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a plurality of radial blades. At least one of the first and second sides defines a dished or concave surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: January 22, 2004Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Amy M. Helvey, Matthew Davies, Karl Martin, Brian Dutterer