Patents by Inventor Burke R. Magee

Burke R. Magee 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).

  • Visualizing real time production status
    Patent number: 9524570
    Abstract: A production system includes a processor, a non-transitory computer readable medium including computer program code instructions, and a user interface. The user interface and the processor, under control of the computer program code are configured to visually display at least a first graphical representation of a first work measure attribute and a second graphical representation of a second related work measure attribute for a production operation over a time range, and visually display a variance between trends of the at least first and second graphical representations of the first and second work measure attributes over the time range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael L. Callaghan, Burke R. Magee, II
  • Apparatus and methods for lifting and lowering vertically mounted devices
    Patent number: 8038125
    Abstract: A lifting and lowering apparatus may include: at least one cable, at least one pulley connected to the at least one cable, at least one drive member connected to the at least one cable for driving the at least one cable in at least one direction, a moveable payload attachment member for attaching to a payload to be at least one of lifted and lowered, an attachment member guide attached to the moveable payload attachment member, and an alignment guide for positioning at a position. The moveable payload attachment member may be at least one of lifted and lowered by the at least one cable. Both the attachment member guide and the alignment guide may be shaped to force the attachment member guide into a pre-determined mating position and orientation against the alignment guide at the position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Burke R. Magee, Steven C. Venema
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LIFTING AND LOWERING VERTICALLY MOUNTED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100202868
    Abstract: A lifting and lowering apparatus may include: at least one cable, at least one pulley connected to the at least one cable, at least one drive member connected to the at least one cable for driving the at least one cable in at least one direction, a moveable payload attachment member for attaching to a payload to be at least one of lifted and lowered, an attachment member guide attached to the moveable payload attachment member, and an alignment guide for positioning at a position. The moveable payload attachment member may be at least one of lifted and lowered by the at least one cable. Both the attachment member guide and the alignment guide may be shaped to force the attachment member guide into a pre-determined mating position and orientation against the alignment guide at the position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: James J. Troy, Burke R. Magee, Steven C. Venema