Patents by Inventor Garry A. Booker
Garry A. Booker 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: 11491686Abstract: Compression mold assembly for forming a preform of a cascade includes first and second die elements and an axis of alignment. Line of removal of a formed preform is positioned perpendicular to a plane perpendicular to the axis of alignment. First die portion includes first curved surface forming interior surface of first strong back and second die portion includes first curved surface forming interior surface of a second strong back of a cell of a formed preform. Second die portion includes second curved surface forming an interior surface of a first vane on forward side of the cell of the formed preform and first die portion further includes first wall member which extends along line of removal and a second wall member which extends angularly from first wall portion forming an interior surface of a second vane positioned on an aft side of the cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Zachariah VanDeMark, David J. Barene, Everette D. Gray, Chen Chuck, Tunde A. Olaniyan, Garry A. Booker, Douglas G. Cogswell, Stephen R. Dark
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Publication number: 20210023745Abstract: Compression mold assembly for forming a preform of a cascade includes first and second die elements and an axis of alignment. Line of removal of a formed preform is positioned perpendicular to a plane perpendicular to the axis of alignment. First die portion includes first curved surface forming interior surface of first strong back and second die portion includes first curved surface forming interior surface of a second strong back of a cell of a formed preform. Second die portion includes second curved surface forming an interior surface of a first vane on forward side of the cell of the formed preform and first die portion further includes first wall member which extends along line of removal and a second wall member which extends angularly from first wall portion forming an interior surface of a second vane positioned on an aft side of the cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Zachariah VanDeMark, David J. Barene, Everette D. Gray, Chen Chuck, Tunde A. Olaniyan, Garry A. Booker, Douglas G. Cogswell, Stephen R. Dark
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Patent number: 9168716Abstract: An acoustic-attenuating wall panel for a nacelle of a turbine engine may include a radiused portion. The radiused portion may include an airflow surface having a concave configuration and which may be exposed to an airflow passing through the nacelle. The radiused portion may include an acoustic attenuating section.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brenda Benedetti, Robert S. Farrell, Luis R. Leon, Justin H. Lan, Garry A. Booker
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Publication number: 20140077031Abstract: An acoustic-attenuating wall panel for a nacelle of a turbine engine may include a radiused portion. The radiused portion may include an airflow surface having a concave configuration and which may be exposed to an airflow passing through the nacelle. The radiused portion may include an acoustic attenuating section.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Brenda Benedetti, Robert S. Farrell, Luis R. Leon, Justin H. Lan, Garry A. Booker
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Patent number: 8414992Abstract: In one step of a method of fabricating a composite tube, layers of uncured composite material may be laid over a surface. In another step, spaced-apart strips of at least one of uncured, partially cured, and completely cured composite material may be laid lengthwise over the laid layers of composite material. In still another step, the spaced-apart strips may be compacted against the layers of uncured composite material. In an additional step, the compacted spaced-apart strips and the layers of uncured composite material may be further consolidated and/or cured to form a composite tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Garry A. Booker, Wesley L. Holman
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Patent number: 8402805Abstract: A method and apparatus are used to form a corrugated web having a cross sectional shape with at least one characteristic that varies substantially continuously along the substantially the entire length of the web. The apparatus includes multiple sets of dies which progressively form corrugations in a moving sheet. At least one characteristic of the web's cross sectional shape is varied along the entire length of the web by displacing the dies as the sheet moves through the die sets.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Luis R. Leon, Joseph R. Olivadoti, Garry A. Booker
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Patent number: 8329312Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel G. Sanders, David W. Foutch, Jeff D. Will, Luis Leon, Gregory L. Ramsey, Garry A. Booker
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Publication number: 20120141705Abstract: In one step of a method of fabricating a composite tube, layers of uncured composite material may be laid over a surface. In another step, spaced-apart strips of at least one of uncured, partially cured, and completely cured composite material may be laid lengthwise over the laid layers of composite material. In still another step, the spaced-apart strips may be compacted against the layers of uncured composite material. In an additional step, the compacted spaced-apart strips and the layers of uncured composite material may be further consolidated and/or cured to form a composite tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2012Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Garry A. Booker, Wesley L. Holman
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Patent number: 8123996Abstract: In one step of a method of fabricating a composite tube, layers of uncured composite material may be laid over a surface. In another step, spaced-apart strips of at least one of uncured, partially cured, and completely cured composite material may be laid lengthwise over the laid layers of composite material. In still another step, the spaced-apart strips may be compacted against the layers of uncured composite material. In an additional step, the compacted spaced-apart strips and the layers of uncured composite material may be further consolidated and/or cured to form a composite tube.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2008Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Garry A. Booker, Wesley L. Holman
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Publication number: 20110256343Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel G. Sanders, David W. Foutch, Jeff D. Will, Luis Leon, Gregory L. Ramsey, Garry A. Booker
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Patent number: 7967240Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel G. Sanders, David W. Foutch, Jeff D. Will, Luis Leon, Gregory L. Ramsey, Garry A. Booker
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Publication number: 20100009126Abstract: A method and apparatus are used to form a corrugated web having a cross sectional shape with at least one characteristic that varies substantially continuously along the substantially the entire length of the web. The apparatus includes multiple sets of dies which progressively form corrugations in a moving sheet. At least one characteristic of the web's cross sectional shape is varied along the entire length of the web by displacing the dies as the sheet moves through the die sets.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Luis R. Leon, Joseph R. Olivadoti, Garry A. Booker
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Publication number: 20090202767Abstract: In one step of a method of fabricating a composite tube, layers of uncured composite material may be laid over a surface. In another step, spaced-apart strips of at least one of uncured, partially cured, and completely cured composite material may be laid lengthwise over the laid layers of composite material. In still another step, the spaced-apart strips may be compacted against the layers of uncured composite material. In an additional step, the compacted spaced-apart strips and the layers of uncured composite material may be further consolidated and/or cured to form a composite tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2008Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: GARRY A. BOOKER, WESLEY L. HOLMAN
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Publication number: 20070175968Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2007Publication date: August 2, 2007Inventors: Daniel Sanders, David Foutch, Jeff Will, Luis Leon, Gregory Ramsey, Garry Booker
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Patent number: 7210611Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2004Date of Patent: May 1, 2007Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel G. Sanders, David W. Foutch, Jeff D. Will, Luis Leon, Gregory L. Ramsey, Garry A. Booker
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Publication number: 20060086774Abstract: A superplastically formed structural assembly is provided, as is an associated preform and method for forming such an assembly. The assembly includes a skin member and a support member that are joined to define a space between the members and between the joints. The assembly can be produced by joining the members in a flat configuration, and then forming the resulting preform to a predetermined shape of the structural assembly. The support member defines at least one aperture in communication with the space between the members. Thus, the skin member can be formed by delivering a pressurized fluid through the support member to the skin member, e.g., to superplastically form the skin member against a die that defines a contour surface corresponding in shape to the predetermined configuration of the assembly. The support member can extend in a substantially direct configuration between opposing portions of the skin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2004Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Daniel Sanders, David Foutch, Jeff Will, Luis Leon, Gregory Ramsey, Garry Booker
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Publication number: 20050222881Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and method for managing work including a two-dimensional display depicting work performance data including cost performance, technical performance, and schedule performance. The work performance data includes project work and non-project work. Further, the two-dimensional display can display the cost performance, technical performance, and schedule performance in a plurality of layers including a bottom layer representing budgeted cost for work scheduled, a middle layer representing budgeted cost for work performed; and a top layer representing actual cost for work performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2004Publication date: October 6, 2005Inventor: Garry Booker