Patents by Inventor Harry Townsend

Harry Townsend 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).

  • Manufacturing system for aircraft structures and other large structures
    Publication number: 20060176156
    Abstract: A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Laurance Hazlehurst, Bobby Philpott, James Buttrick, Darrell Jones, Kostadinos Papanikolaou, David Banks, Terrence Rowe, Ronald Outous, Charles Glaisyer, Harry Townsend, Mark Boberg, Paul Nelson, John Porter
  • Manufacturing system for aircraft structures and other large structures
    Publication number: 20050153818
    Abstract: A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Laurance Hazlehurst, Bobby Philpott, James Buttrick, Darrell Jones, Kostadinos Papanikolaou, David Banks, Terrence Rowe, Ronald Outous, Charles Glaisyer, Harry Townsend, Mark Boberg, Paul Nelson, John Porter