Patents by Inventor Daniel David Bloch
Daniel David Bloch 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: 11186004Abstract: A manufacturing method includes locking a material to be cut against a cutting bed, stabilizing the material against the cutting bed, and cutting the material.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2017Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Eric Moyes, Zachary Benjamin Renwick
-
Patent number: 10800091Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
-
Patent number: 10702993Abstract: End effectors having compaction feet for welding thermoplastic parts of thermoplastic composite laminated articles are described. An example end effector is to be coupled to a robot. The end effector includes a welding head. The welding head includes a welder having a first central axis and a compaction foot having a second central axis. The welder is movable along the first central axis between a first retracted position and a first extended position relative to a surface of the end effector. The compaction foot circumscribes the welder and is movable along the second central axis between a second retracted position and a second extended position relative to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Zachary Green, John Emil Larson, Eric E. Moyes, Randall D. Wilkerson
-
Patent number: 10695916Abstract: End effectors having reconfigurable vacuum heads for picking up thermoplastic parts of thermoplastic composite laminated articles are described. An example end effector is to be coupled to a robot. The end effector includes a first vacuum head having a first vacuum surface. The first vacuum head is to pick up a thermoplastic part in response to a first vacuum force applied at the first vacuum surface. The end effector further includes a second vacuum head having a second vacuum surface. The second vacuum head is to assist the first vacuum head in picking up the thermoplastic part in response to a second vacuum force applied at the second vacuum surface. The end effector further includes an arm to adjustably position the second vacuum head relative to the first vacuum head. The second vacuum head is coupled to the arm, and the arm is movable relative to the first vacuum head.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Zachary Green, Eric E. Moyes
-
Publication number: 20200009744Abstract: End effectors having reconfigurable vacuum heads for picking up thermoplastic parts of thermoplastic composite laminated articles are described. An example end effector is to be coupled to a robot. The end effector includes a first vacuum head having a first vacuum surface. The first vacuum head is to pick up a thermoplastic part in response to a first vacuum force applied at the first vacuum surface. The end effector further includes a second vacuum head having a second vacuum surface. The second vacuum head is to assist the first vacuum head in picking up the thermoplastic part in response to a second vacuum force applied at the second vacuum surface. The end effector further includes an arm to adjustably position the second vacuum head relative to the first vacuum head. The second vacuum head is coupled to the arm, and the arm is movable relative to the first vacuum head.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Zachary Green, Eric E. Moyes
-
Publication number: 20200009743Abstract: End effectors having compaction feet for welding thermoplastic parts of thermoplastic composite laminated articles are described. An example end effector is to be coupled to a robot. The end effector includes a welding head. The welding head includes a welder having a first central axis and a compaction foot having a second central axis. The welder is movable along the first central axis between a first retracted position and a first extended position relative to a surface of the end effector. The compaction foot circumscribes the welder and is movable along the second central axis between a second retracted position and a second extended position relative to the surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Zachary Green, John Emil Larson, Eric E. Moyes, Randall D. Wilkerson
-
Publication number: 20190126505Abstract: A manufacturing method includes locking a material to be cut against a cutting bed, stabilizing the material against the cutting bed, and cutting the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Eric Moyes, Zachary Benjamin Renwick
-
Publication number: 20180264710Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
-
Patent number: 10046471Abstract: A vacuum table for securing a sheet of material. The vacuum table includes a top plate that is porous, a perimeter vacuum chamber disposed beneath a perimeter of the top plate, and interior vacuum chambers bound by the perimeter vacuum chamber and disposed beneath a target area of the top plate that is inside the perimeter of the top plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Camille Doristine Carter, Nicole Renee Williams, Samuel J. Easley, Eric E. Moyes
-
Patent number: 10035269Abstract: A device for aligning a robotic arm with an end-effector is provided. The device may include a spherical tool and a receiver. The spherical tool may include a spherical end portion and a distal base portion configured to releasably couple to the end-effector. The receiver may include a plurality of arms and a proximal base portion configured to releasably couple to the robotic arm. Furthermore, the arms may be configured to receive the spherical end portion and include one or more indicators configured to track alignment between the robotic arm and the end-effector.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2015Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Camille Doristine Carter, Daniel David Bloch
-
Patent number: 9993960Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
-
Publication number: 20170072567Abstract: A device for aligning a robotic arm with an end-effector is provided. The device may include a spherical tool and a receiver. The spherical tool may include a spherical end portion and a distal base portion configured to releasably couple to the end-effector. The receiver may include a plurality of arms and a proximal base portion configured to releasably couple to the robotic arm. Furthermore, the arms may be configured to receive the spherical end portion and include one or more indicators configured to track alignment between the robotic arm and the end-effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Camille Doristine Carter, Daniel David Bloch
-
Publication number: 20160039140Abstract: A method and apparatus for smoothing a material having wrinkles. The material is positioned on a vacuum table having a group of segments. A smoothing device is moved across a surface of the material to form a substantially smooth section of the material. A vacuum is progressively applied to a portion of the group of segments in the vacuum table corresponding to the substantially smooth section of the material to pull the substantially smooth section of the material against the vacuum table.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Daniel David Bloch, Samuel Joseph Easley, Frederick Coleman Wear, Michael Brian Gedera, Nicholas Lee Buelow, Alan Frank Tegeler, William John Keyes, Joshua Bryan Reando
-
Patent number: 8805575Abstract: A method for delivering fasteners to a remote installation tool is provided. The method includes delivering a first fastener of a first type to a remote installation tool in response to receiving a request for a fastener of the first type from an operator and staging a second fastener of the first type for delivery to the remote installation tool. The staging begins prior to receiving a request for another fastener of the first type from the operator. The staging includes retrieving the second fastener of the first type from a storage location and transferring the second fastener of the first type from the storage location to a staging location.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel David Bloch, Robert E. Bender