Patents by Inventor Douglas Duane Trimble

Douglas Duane Trimble 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).

  • Systems for intelligent batch processing
    Patent number: 10162338
    Abstract: Manufacturing systems that employ intelligent sensing and methods for processing workpieces using such manufacturing systems, including methods of batch processing workpieces. The manufacturing systems may include a holding device to receive work order documents, where each work order document includes an identification tag, and each work order document corresponds with a specific manufacturing step. A scanner may be proximate to the holding device and associated with a workstation, where the scanner is configured to detect the identification tag of the work order documents held by the holding device. A control system may interpret the detected identification tag, identify the work order document associated with the interpreted identification tag, identify the specific manufacturing step corresponding with the identified work order document, and generate an output that includes an instruction for carrying out the manufacturing step at the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ali Salour, Douglas Duane Trimble, Anna Yvette Kalinowski, Jolynnetta Aisha Neal
  • SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT BATCH PROCESSING
    Publication number: 20170235297
    Abstract: Manufacturing systems that employ intelligent sensing and methods for processing workpieces using such manufacturing systems, including methods of batch processing workpieces. The manufacturing systems may include a holding device to receive work order documents, where each work order document includes an identification tag, and each work order document corresponds with a specific manufacturing step. A scanner may be proximate to the holding device and associated with a workstation, where the scanner is configured to detect the identification tag of the work order documents held by the holding device. A control system may interpret the detected identification tag, identify the work order document associated with the interpreted identification tag, identify the specific manufacturing step corresponding with the identified work order document, and generate an output that includes an instruction for carrying out the manufacturing step at the workstation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ali Salour, Douglas Duane Trimble, Anna Yvette Kalinowski, Jolynnetta Aisha Neal
  • RFID tag container
    Patent number: 8963720
    Abstract: An RFID tag container includes a container body having a first container portion and a second container portion detachably engaging the first container portion, wherein the container body is sized and configured to contain an RFID tag in a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Al Salour, Douglas Duane Trimble, Joseph Michael Fletcher
  • RFID TAG CONTAINER
    Publication number: 20120132552
    Abstract: An RFID tag container includes a container body having a first container portion and a second container portion detachably engaging the first container portion, wherein the container body is sized and configured to contain an RFID tag in a flame-proof, fluid-tight and vapor-tight seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Al Salour, Douglas Duane Trimble, Joseph Michael Fletcher