Patents by Inventor Antonio M. Ferreira

Antonio M. Ferreira 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).

  • Patent number: 11059106
    Abstract: A drilling system includes a single robotic drilling unit having a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling unit is operable to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effector. The robotic drilling unit is configured to index a hole pattern of the perforations to one or more cell walls of a honeycomb core of the composite sandwich structure. The robotic drilling unit is configured to form the hole pattern in the inner face sheet such that the perforations are located at a spaced distance from the cell walls of the honeycomb core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra, Arnold J. Lauder, Mark F. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 10710245
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods provide for a quick-change clamp arm that may be coupled to and removed from a robot end effector via a quick-change feature coupled to the robot end effector. Systems may include a plurality of such quick-change clamp arms that each may be coupled to a given robot end effector such that when one is removed, a different respective quick-change clamp arm may be coupled to the robot end effector. The robot end effector may be configured to perform a task to one side of a workpiece, while the quick-change clamp arm applies a stabilizing normal force to the other side of the workpiece. Due to the interchangeable nature of presently disclosed quick-change clamp arms, systems may reduce the number of robot end effectors required for a given manufacturing process. Related methods of removing and coupling quick-change clamp arms to robot end effectors may be automated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Arnold John Lauder, David C. Boonstra, Antonio M. Ferreira, Alan Wright, Garth Vincent Kummen, Demsey Drew Kirkwood
  • Publication number: 20180154455
    Abstract: A drilling system includes a single robotic drilling unit having a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling unit is operable to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effector. The robotic drilling unit is configured to index a hole pattern of the perforations to one or more cell walls of a honeycomb core of the composite sandwich structure. The robotic drilling unit is configured to form the hole pattern in the inner face sheet such that the perforations are located at a spaced distance from the cell walls of the honeycomb core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra, Arnold J. Lauder, Mark F. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 9884370
    Abstract: A drilling system may include a plurality of robotic drilling units. Each one of the robotic drilling units may include a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section. The barrel section may be configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling units maybe operable in synchronized movement with one another to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effectors in a manner providing a predetermined percent-open-area of the inner face sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra, Arnold J. Lauder, Mark F. Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20180009113
    Abstract: Presently disclosed systems and methods provide for a quick-change clamp arm that may be coupled to and removed from a robot end effector via a quick-change feature coupled to the robot end effector. Systems may include a plurality of such quick-change clamp arms that each may be coupled to a given robot end effector such that when one is removed, a different respective quick-change clamp arm may be coupled to the robot end effector. The robot end effector may be configured to perform a task to one side of a workpiece, while the quick-change clamp arm applies a stabilizing normal force to the other side of the workpiece. Due to the interchangeable nature of presently disclosed quick-change clamp arms, systems may reduce the number of robot end effectors required for a given manufacturing process. Related methods of removing and coupling quick-change clamp arms to robot end effectors may be automated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Arnold John Lauder, David C. Boonstra, Antonio M. Ferreira, Alan Wright, Garth Vincent Kummen, Demsey Drew Kirkwood
  • Publication number: 20160256935
    Abstract: A drilling system may include a plurality of robotic drilling units. Each one of the robotic drilling units may include a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section. The barrel section may be configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling units maybe operable in synchronized movement with one another to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effectors in a manner providing a predetermined percent-open-area of the inner face sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra, Arnold J. Lauder, Mark F. Gabriel
  • Patent number: 9370827
    Abstract: A drilling system may include a plurality of robotic drilling units. Each one of the robotic drilling units may include a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section. The barrel section may be configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling units maybe operable in synchronized movement with one another to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effectors in a manner providing a predetermined percent-open-area of the inner face sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra, Arnold J. Lauder, Mark F. Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20150063932
    Abstract: A drilling system may include a plurality of robotic drilling units. Each one of the robotic drilling units may include a drill end effector positioned inside a barrel section. The barrel section may be configured as a composite sandwich structure having an inner face sheet. The robotic drilling units maybe operable in synchronized movement with one another to drill a plurality of perforations into the inner face sheet using the drill end effectors in a manner providing a predetermined percent-open-area of the inner face sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Claudio Zubin, Geoffrey Gibbings, Mathew J. Shewfelt, Damjan Simonovic, Antonio M. Ferreira, David Boonstra
  • Patent number: 7169942
    Abstract: 1?-substituted cannabinoid derivatives of delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, and delta-6a-10a-tetrahydrocannabinol that have affinity for the cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB-1) and/or cannabinoid receptor type-2 (CB-2). Compounds having activity as either agonists or antagonists of the CB-1 and/or CB-2 receptors can be used for treating CB-1 or CB-2 mediated conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, II, Antonio M. Ferreira, Mathangi Krishnamurthy
  • Publication number: 20040242593
    Abstract: 1′-substituted cannabinoid derivatives of delta-8-tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, and delta-6a-10a-tetrahydrocannabinol that have affinity for the cannabinoid receptor type-1 (CB-1) and/or cannabinoid receptor type-2 (CB-2). Compounds having activity as either agonists or antagonists of the CB-1 and/or CB-2 receptors can be used for treating CB-1 or CB-2 mediated conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: Bob M. Moore, Antonio M. Ferreira, Mathangi Krishnamurthy