Patents by Inventor Edward John Batt
Edward John Batt 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).
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Patent number: 11511399Abstract: Methods and apparatus to remove frangible fastener remnants are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to install a frangible fastener includes a drive tool having a drive socket operable to rotate a separable nut portion of the frangible fastener, and a fastener interface defining an interior for receiving at least the nut portion, the fastener interface being disposed on a drive end of the drive tool, where the drive socket is movable within the fastener interface and operable to rotate the frangible fastener, and where the separable nut portion of the frangible fastener is removed when the frangible fastener is installed. The apparatus also includes a nut-portion removal tube depending from the interior of the fastener interface, and a vacuum generator in fluid communication with the removal tube and configured to cause the separable nut portion to be removed from the interior and through the removal tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt
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Publication number: 20210114186Abstract: Methods and apparatus to remove frangible fastener remnants are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus to install a frangible fastener includes a drive tool having a drive socket operable to rotate a separable nut portion of the frangible fastener, and a fastener interface defining an interior for receiving at least the nut portion, the fastener interface being disposed on a drive end of the drive tool, where the drive socket is movable within the fastener interface and operable to rotate the frangible fastener, and where the separable nut portion of the frangible fastener is removed when the frangible fastener is installed. The apparatus also includes a nut-portion removal tube depending from the interior of the fastener interface, and a vacuum generator in fluid communication with the removal tube and configured to cause the separable nut portion to be removed from the interior and through the removal tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventor: Edward John Batt
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Patent number: 10363640Abstract: A system and method are provided to automate the assembly of a wing panel, such as utilized by commercial aircraft. In the context of a system, a tacking cell is provided that is configured to tack one or more stringers to a skin plank. The system also includes a riveting cell configured to receive a tacked plank from the tacking cell and to rivet the one or more stringers to the skin plank. The system also includes a splicing cell configured to receive a plurality of riveted planks from the riveting cell and to attach one or more splice stringers to the plurality of riveted planks. Further, the system includes a side of body cell configured to receive a spliced panel from the splicing cell and to attach a side of body chord thereto to produce a wing panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Farahnaz Tanni Sisco, Daniel R. Smith, Jayson J. Aquino, Edward John Batt, James N. Buttrick, Antonio C. Micale, Darrell D. Jones, Clayton L. Munk, Chris G. Couevas, Azita N. Namdaran, Noman S. Noor, Donald A. Mottaz
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Patent number: 10232428Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Scott William Gunther, Edward John Batt, Farahnaz Sisco
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Patent number: 10137544Abstract: A method of assembling a detail to a flexible member includes positioning the detail against a plurality of reader pogos, and axially displacing the plurality of reader pogos to substantially conform to a detail contour. The method additionally includes recording reader pogo position data representing the detail contour, clamping a flexible member against a plurality of positioning pogos, and axially displacing the plurality of positioning pogos complementary to the reader pogo position data. In addition, the method includes deflecting, using the positioning pogos, the flexible member into a contour corresponding to the reader pogo position data, and assembling the detail to the flexible member.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt
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Patent number: 10046377Abstract: A method and an end effector for installing an element over a member associated with an object. An end effector may be attached to the object. The element may be loaded onto an element installer by an element loader of the end effector. The element may be installed onto the member associated with the object by the element installer.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt
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Publication number: 20180193900Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventors: SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER, EDWARD JOHN BATT, FARAHNAZ SISCO
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Patent number: 9987714Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing a frangible collar onto a fastener installed in a hole using an end effector in which rotation of the fastener is not restricted by the hole. Rotation of the fastener may be restricted using the end effector. A frangible collar may be installed onto the fastener by an element installer of the end effector while the while restricting rotation of the fastener. A frangible portion of the frangible collar may be sheared off by torqueing the frangible portion using the end effector.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Raymond Neil Henderson, Edward John Batt
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Patent number: 9943937Abstract: A system and method are provided to automate the assembly of a wing panel, such as utilized by commercial aircraft. In the context of a system, a tacking cell is provided that is configured to tack one or more stringers to a skin plank. The system also includes a riveting cell configured to receive a tacked plank from the tacking cell and to rivet the one or more stringers to the skin plank. The system also includes a splicing cell configured to receive a plurality of riveted planks from the riveting cell and to attach one or more splice stringers to the plurality of riveted planks. Further, the system includes a side of body cell configured to receive a spliced panel from the splicing cell and to attach a side of body chord thereto to produce a wing panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Farahnaz Tanni Sisco, Daniel R. Smith, Jayson J. Aquino, Edward John Batt, James N. Buttrick, Antonio C. Micale, Darrell D. Jones, Clayton L. Munk, Chris G. Couevas, Azita N. Namdaran, Noman S. Noor, Donald A. Mottaz
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Patent number: 9931688Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Scott William Gunther, Edward John Batt, Farahnaz Sisco
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Patent number: 9914187Abstract: A system and method are provided to automate the assembly of a wing panel, such as utilized by commercial aircraft. In the context of a system, a tacking cell is provided that is configured to tack one or more stringers to a skin plank. The system also includes a riveting cell configured to receive a tacked plank from the tacking cell and to rivet the one or more stringers to the skin plank. The system also includes a splicing cell configured to receive a plurality of riveted planks from the riveting cell and to attach one or more splice stringers to the plurality of riveted planks. Further, the system includes a side of body cell configured to receive a spliced panel from the splicing cell and to attach a side of body chord thereto to produce a wing panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Farahnaz Tanni Sisco, Daniel R. Smith, Jayson J. Aquino, Edward John Batt, James N. Buttrick, Antonio C. Micale, Darrell D. Jones, Clayton L. Munk, Chris G. Couevas, Azita N. Namdaran, Noman S. Noor, Donald A. Mottaz
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Patent number: 9862066Abstract: In an example, a clamp foot for a clamp assembly includes a housing having a distal end for engaging a workpiece, an aperture in the distal end of the housing, and a cavity in the housing extending proximally from the aperture. The clamp foot also includes a flapper in the cavity and adjacent to the distal end. The clamp foot further includes a pneumatic port in the cavity configured to direct a pneumatic force from a pneumatic source to the flapper, and a vacuum port in the cavity for coupling the cavity to a vacuum source. Responsive to the pneumatic force, the flapper is movable within the cavity to separate debris from the workpiece. The vacuum port is configured to remove from the cavity, via a vacuum force from the vacuum source, the debris separated from the workpiece by the flapper.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt
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Patent number: 9802215Abstract: A method and apparatus are presented. A first roller has a sensor that senses a speed of the workpiece while the workpiece is in contact with the first roller and moving relative to the first roller causing the first roller to rotate. The sensor senses the speed of the workpiece from a rotation of the first roller. A second roller causes the sealant on the second roller to be applied to a surface of the workpiece when the workpiece is in contact with the second roller and moving relative to the second roller. The second roller is rotationally linked to the first roller. A third roller causes the sealant on the surface of the workpiece to spread on the surface when the workpiece is in contact with the third roller and moving relative to the third roller. The third roller is rotationally linked to the second roller.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Edward John Batt, David Michael Kumpf
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Publication number: 20170144779Abstract: A system and method are provided to automate the assembly of a wing panel, such as utilized by commercial aircraft. In the context of a system, a tacking cell is provided that is configured to tack one or more stringers to a skin plank. The system also includes a riveting cell configured to receive a tacked plank from the tacking cell and to rivet the one or more stringers to the skin plank. The system also includes a splicing cell configured to receive a plurality of riveted planks from the riveting cell and to attach one or more splice stringers to the plurality of riveted planks. Further, the system includes a side of body cell configured to receive a spliced panel from the splicing cell and to attach a side of body chord thereto to produce a wing panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: May 25, 2017Inventors: Farahnaz Tanni Sisco, Daniel R. Smith, Jayson J. Aquino, Edward John Batt, James N. Buttrick, Antonio C. Micale, Darrell D. Jones, Clayton L. Munk, Chris G. Couevas, Azita N. Namdaran, Noman S. Noor, Donald A. Mottaz
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Publication number: 20160257428Abstract: A method of assembling a detail to a flexible member includes positioning the detail against a plurality of reader pogos, and axially displacing the plurality of reader pogos to substantially conform to a detail contour. The method additionally includes recording reader pogo position data representing the detail contour, clamping a flexible member against a plurality of positioning pogos, and axially displacing the plurality of positioning pogos complementary to the reader pogo position data. In addition, the method includes deflecting, using the positioning pogos, the flexible member into a contour corresponding to the reader pogo position data, and assembling the detail to the flexible member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventor: Edward John BATT
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Publication number: 20160228904Abstract: A method and apparatus are presented. A first roller has a sensor that senses a speed of the workpiece while the workpiece is in contact with the first roller and moving relative to the first roller causing the first roller to rotate. The sensor senses the speed of the workpiece from a rotation of the first roller. A second roller causes the sealant on the second roller to be applied to a surface of the workpiece when the workpiece is in contact with the second roller and moving relative to the second roller. The second roller is rotationally linked to the first roller. A third roller causes the sealant on the surface of the workpiece to spread on the surface when the workpiece is in contact with the third roller and moving relative to the third roller. The third roller is rotationally linked to the second roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Edward John Batt, David Michael Kumpf
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Patent number: 9364926Abstract: A system for distortional clamping of a flexible member may include a dimensional reader and a positioning fixture. The dimensional reader may have a plurality of reader pogos that may be axially movable into contacting relation with a detail to measure a detail contour. The positioning fixture may have a plurality of positioning pogos and at least one clamping finger configured to mechanically clamp a flexible member between the positioning pogos and the clamping finger. The positioning pogos may be axially movable to deflect the flexible member into a contour that may be complementary to the detail contour.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt
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Publication number: 20150275953Abstract: A blind tack fastener includes a pull stem having an elongated shaft with an extended tail portion. The blind tack fastener also includes a crush-initiating washer, a crush sleeve, and a swage collar, surrounding the elongated shaft of the pull stem. The elongated shaft has a breakaway groove configured to create a predictive fracture point below the head-end surface of the swage collar, such that a hole in the swage collar serves as a centering lead-in for a drill that can be used to remove the blind tack fastener.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Inventors: SCOTT WILLIAM GUNTHER, EDWARD JOHN BATT, FARAHNAZ SISCO
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Publication number: 20150224612Abstract: A method and apparatus for installing a frangible collar onto a fastener installed in a hole using an end effector in which rotation of the fastener is not restricted by the hole. Rotation of the fastener may be restricted using the end effector. A frangible collar may be installed onto the fastener by an element installer of the end effector while the while restricting rotation of the fastener. A frangible portion of the frangible collar may be sheared off by torqueing the frangible portion using the end effector.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2015Publication date: August 13, 2015Inventors: Raymond Neil Henderson, Edward John Batt
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Publication number: 20150082605Abstract: A method and an end effector for installing an element over a member associated with an object. An end effector may be attached to the object. The element may be loaded onto an element installer by an element loader of the end effector. The element may be installed onto the member associated with the object by the element installer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventor: Edward John Batt