Patents by Inventor Jacob D. Viring

Jacob D. Viring 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).

  • Aircraft Landing Gear Loader
    Publication number: 20100119343
    Abstract: An apparatus for loading and unloading a main landing gear (“MLG”) of an aircraft includes a fixture that is adapted to couple to a truck of the MLG such that a sagittal plane of the fixture is parallel to or coplanar with a sagittal plane of the MLG and both translational forces and turning moments applied to the fixture are coupled directly through the fixture to the MLG, a mechanism for controllably translating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof, and a mechanism for controllably rotating the fixture in the sagittal plane thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Oliver J. Groves, Gary F. Heilman, Charles D. Harrison, Bart M. Taylor, Se Y. Chun, Tae H. Kim, Gregory Koyfman, Edward D. Oare, Jacob D. Viring, Michael H. Konen