Patents by Inventor Dustin D. Ribble

Dustin D. Ribble 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: 7789167
    Abstract: A power assist lever arm attachment includes a drill, an L-shaped drilling head carried by the drill, an arm actuation cylinder carried by the drill, an arm piston extendable from the arm actuation cylinder, a lever arm pivotally carried by the arm piston and the drilling head and a bracket-engaging arm extending from the lever arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott A. Martin, Dustin D. Ribble, David N. Nappier
  • Patent number: 7677542
    Abstract: A vacuum-mounted clamp for clamping a first component to a second component. The clamp includes a substantially rigid body having an application face, a back face opposite the application face, a side, and a vacuum port extending between the application face and the back face. The application face has a step adjacent the side for engaging the first component. The clamp includes a flexible seal connected to the rigid body adjacent the application face. The seal has a vacuum port in fluid communication with the vacuum port in the primary body and a periphery for contacting the second component to create a vacuum area between the clamp and the second component. The vacuum port of the body and the seal are in fluid communication with a vacuum generator for generating a vacuum in the vacuum area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Donald J. Grzina, Scott A. Martin, Dustin D. Ribble
  • Publication number: 20090261231
    Abstract: A power assist lever arm attachment includes a drill, an L-shaped drilling head carried by the drill, an arm actuation cylinder carried by the drill, an arm piston extendable from the arm actuation cylinder, a lever arm pivotally carried by the arm piston and the drilling head and a bracket-engaging arm extending from the lever arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Scott A. Martin, Dustin D. Ribble, David N. Nappier
  • Publication number: 20080203642
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning a workpiece in a working orientation with respect to a portable operating device when the apparatus is in an assembled orientation, the operating device cooperating with the apparatus to apply at least one operating element to the workpiece at least one predetermined work site when the workpiece is in the working orientation, includes: (a) a base unit configured for effecting a first cooperative fitting with the operating device in a first orientation; (b) a receiving unit configured for effecting a second cooperative fitting with the workpiece in a second orientation; and (c) an orienting structure configured for effecting a third cooperative fitting the receiving unit with the base unit to situate the apparatus in the assembled orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: BOEING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: Scott A. Martin, Dustin D. Ribble, Darrin R. Arnold