Patents by Inventor Eric Grabow

Eric Grabow 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).

  • System and method for thread protrusion verification
    Patent number: 9797856
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts. Each of the plurality of electrical contacts are arranged to sequentially contact a contact device as the contact device moves through the housing. The contact device comprises a first end configured to couple to a bolt, a second end opposite the first end, and a conductive region between a first insulated region and a second insulated region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie M. Smith, Eric Grabow, Douglas Howard McKay, Matthew Timothy McKee, Russell Miller, David Andrew Nicholson, Jr.
  • System and method for nut swaging verification
    Patent number: 9671315
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an outer shell, a gauge ring, and a spring. The gauge ring is configured to rotate to a first position as a nut passes through an opening of the outer shell and contacts a bottom surface of the gauge ring, the first position permitting the nut to pass through the gauge ring and into a socket by aligning one or more gauge ring lobe slits with one or more outer shell lobe slits and one or more deformable lobes of the nut. The spring is configured to rotate the gauge ring to the second position after the nut passes through the gauge ring and into the socket, the second position preventing the nut from exiting the socket by preventing alignment of the one or more gauge ring lobe slits with the one or more outer shell lobe slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jamie M. Smith, Eric Grabow, Douglas Howard McKay, Matthew Timothy McKee, Russell Miller, René Jean Robért
  • System And Method For Nut Swaging Verification
    Publication number: 20170030698
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises an outer shell, a gauge ring, and a spring. The gauge ring is configured to rotate to a first position as a nut passes through an opening of the outer shell and contacts a bottom surface of the gauge ring, the first position permitting the nut to pass through the gauge ring and into a socket by aligning one or more gauge ring lobe slits with one or more outer shell lobe slits and one or more deformable lobes of the nut. The spring is configured to rotate the gauge ring to the second position after the nut passes through the gauge ring and into the socket, the second position preventing the nut from exiting the socket by preventing alignment of the one or more gauge ring lobe slits with the one or more outer shell lobe slits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jamie M. Smith, Eric Grabow, Douglas Howard McKay, Matthew Timothy McKee, Russell Miller, René Jean Robért
  • System and Method for Thread Protrusion Verification
    Publication number: 20170016841
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts. Each of the plurality of electrical contacts are arranged to sequentially contact a contact device as the contact device moves through the housing. The contact device comprises a first end configured to couple to a bolt, a second end opposite the first end, and a conductive region between a first insulated region and a second insulated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jamie M. Smith, Eric Grabow, Douglas Howard McKay, Matthew Timothy McKee, Russell Miller, David Andrew Nicholson, JR.