Patents by Inventor Eric Scott Patton

Eric Scott Patton 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).

  • Method and apparatus for multi-stage spar assembly
    Patent number: 9878450
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning one component relative to another component. First metrology data may be identified for a first component and second metrology data may be identified for a second component. First locations of first features may be identified on the first component using the first metrology data. Second locations of second features on the second component may be identified using the second metrology data. A transformation may be computed based on the first locations identified and the second locations identified for use in modifying a movement plan of a robotic system for positioning the second component relative to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Monica Joy Brockway, Tanni Sisco, Daniel Richard Smith, Jr., Victor Joseph Bolton, Fei Cai, Eric Scott Patton, Thomas Dee Hall, Clayton Lynn Munk, James C. Murphy, Darrell Darwin Jones, Paul Reed Stone
  • Method and Apparatus for Multi-Stage Spar Assembly
    Publication number: 20160158940
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positioning one component relative to another component. First metrology data may be identified for a first component and second metrology data may be identified for a second component. First locations of first features may be identified on the first component using the first metrology data. Second locations of second features on the second component may be identified using the second metrology data. A transformation may be computed based on the first locations identified and the second locations identified for use in modifying a movement plan of a robotic system for positioning the second component relative to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Monica Joy Brockway, Tanni Sisco, Daniel Richard Smith, JR., Victor Joseph Bolton, Fei Cai, Eric Scott Patton, Thomas Dee Hall, Clayton Lynn Munk, James C. Murphy, Darrell Darwin Jones, Paul Reed Stone