Patents by Inventor Elker I. Vasquez

Elker I. Vasquez 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).

  • Methods of coating fastener assemblies
    Patent number: 11801526
    Abstract: A method of coating a fastener assembly that extends from a substrate comprises steps of at least partially saturating a permeable body with a volume of a liquid and covering the fastener assembly with the permeable body. The step of covering the fastener assembly with the permeable body comprises at least partially compressing the permeable body against the fastener assembly and transferring a portion of the volume of the liquid from the permeable body to an exposed outer surface of the fastener assembly and to a ring on the substrate, surrounding the fastener assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard Lynn Hopkins, Lyman Scott Ducworth, Diana Dujunco Dan Larrabee, Janet Karen H. Jackson, Sandra Loraine Boyd, Elker I. Vasquez
  • METHODS OF COATING FASTENER ASSEMBLIES
    Publication number: 20210370338
    Abstract: A method of coating a fastener assembly that extends from a substrate comprises steps of at least partially saturating a permeable body with a volume of a liquid and covering the fastener assembly with the permeable body. The step of covering the fastener assembly with the permeable body comprises at least partially compressing the permeable body against the fastener assembly and transferring a portion of the volume of the liquid from the permeable body to an exposed outer surface of the fastener assembly and to a ring on the substrate, surrounding the fastener assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Lynn Hopkins, Lyman Scott Ducworth, Diana Dujunco Dan Larrabee, Janet Karen H. Jackson, Sandra Loraine Boyd, Elker I. Vasquez
  • Fastener-coating tools
    Patent number: 11130146
    Abstract: Fastener-coating tools comprise a non-permeable body and a permeable body that laps over at least a portion of an outer surface of the non-permeable body, laps over all of a terminal surface of the non-permeable body, laps over at least a portion of an inner surface of the non-permeable body, spans an internal cavity of the non-permeable body, and defines a fastener cavity that is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a fastener assembly to be coated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard Lynn Hopkins, Lyman Scott Ducworth, Diana Dujunco Dan Larrabee, Janet Karen H. Jackson, Sandra Loraine Boyd, Elker I. Vasquez
  • FASTENER-COATING TOOLS, KITS THEREOF, AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20200368772
    Abstract: Fastener-coating tools (100), kits (200) thereof, and methods (300) of coating a fastener assembly (50) are disclosed. Fastener-coating tools (100) comprise a non-permeable body (102) and a permeable body (112) that laps over at least a portion of an outer surface (110) of the non-permeable body (102), laps over all of a terminal surface (116) of the non-permeable body (102), laps over at least a portion of an inner surface (108) of the non-permeable body (102), spans an internal cavity (106) of the non-permeable body (102), and defines a fastener cavity (114) that is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a fastener assembly (50) to be coated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Lynn Hopkins, Lyman Scott Ducworth, Diana Dujunco Dan Larrabee, Janet Karen H. Jackson, Sandra Loraine Boyd, Elker I. Vasquez