Patents by Inventor James Albert DeLand
James Albert DeLand 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: 10507554Abstract: A method of processing a workpiece comprises identifying processing locations on the workpiece, drilling a first hole at one of the processing locations using a rotary drive, sensing a flow of fluid while drilling, generating an operation signal based on the flow, comparing the duration interval of the operation signal to a predetermined temporal value, and drilling a different hole at a different processing location based on the duration interval and the temporal value.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Patent number: 9839996Abstract: A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasteners. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Roger A. Gage, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Publication number: 20170252882Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece, including a rotary drive having a path along which a flow of a fluid is established during operation, a sensor in communication with the path, to generate a signal responsive to the flow of the fluid and not to generate the signal responsive to an absence of the flow, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor to enable the operation of the rotary drive subsequent to a termination of the signal if a duration interval thereof is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and to prevent the operation if the duration interval of the signal is less than the predetermined value. The rotary drive may include a drill.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2017Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Patent number: 9700978Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece, including a rotary drive having a path along which a flow of a fluid is established during operation, a sensor in communication with the path, to generate a signal responsive to the flow of the fluid and not to generate the signal responsive to an absence of the flow, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor to enable the operation of the rotary drive subsequent to a termination of the signal if a duration interval thereof is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and to prevent the operation if the duration interval of the signal is less than the predetermined value. The rotary drive may include a drill.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Patent number: 9555480Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a system for processing a location of a workpiece is disclosed. The system includes a tool, including a first passage, configured to supply a vacuum to the location, and a second passage formed along the first passage, where the second passage is configured to supply a fluid to the location. The system also includes means for rotating and selectively axially vibrating the tool, means for supplying the fluid to the tool, and means for supplying the vacuum to the tool.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: James Albert DeLand, Matthew Gregory Kesterson
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Publication number: 20150266174Abstract: A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasters. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: James Albert DeLand, Roger A. Gage, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Publication number: 20150209927Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece, including a rotary drive having a path along which a flow of a fluid is established during operation, a sensor in communication with the path, to generate a signal responsive to the flow of the fluid and not to generate the signal responsive to an absence of the flow, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor to enable the operation of the rotary drive subsequent to a termination of the signal if a duration interval thereof is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, and to prevent the operation if the duration interval of the signal is less than the predetermined value. The rotary drive may include a drill.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Patent number: 9056376Abstract: A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasters. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James Albert DeLand, Roger A Gage, Darrell Darwin Jones
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Publication number: 20150050093Abstract: In one aspect of the disclosure, a system for processing a location of a workpiece is disclosed. The system includes a tool, including a first passage, configured to supply a vacuum to the location, and a second passage formed along the first passage, where the second passage is configured to supply a fluid to the location. The system also includes means for rotating and selectively axially vibrating the tool, means for supplying the fluid to the tool, and means for supplying the vacuum to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: James Albert DeLand, Matthew Gregory Kesterson