Patents by Inventor Charles Michael Richards

Charles Michael Richards 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).

  • Method and system for aircraft assembly and maintenance
    Patent number: 11535399
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, Jr., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE
    Publication number: 20210380279
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, JR., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone