Patents by Inventor Georges J. Rodriguez

Georges J. Rodriguez 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 system for embodying a plane reference surface defined by a specific equation on an assembling frame of a structure from a rough surface
    Patent number: 5312211
    Abstract: A method is provided for embodying a plane reference defined by a specific equation within a rough surface of a frame of a structure being assembled. The equation characterizing the reference surface is stored in a memory. With the aid of an optical sighting mechanism, spatial data is obtained which makes it possible to calculate an equation characterizing the rough surface. The data relating to the equations of the reference surface and the rough surface are compared in an information processing unit. A mobile machining device is positioned close to the rough surface. The machining device is controlled by specific orders generated by the comparison of the equations for the reference and rough surfaces respectively. The machining device gradually rectifies the rough surface to make it progressively coincide with that of the spatial equation of the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventor: Georges J. Rodriguez