Patents by Inventor Jeff Devlin

Jeff Devlin 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).

  • Sensor based control of swage tools
    Patent number: 11731787
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting installation of a fastener. One method includes monitoring hydraulic pressure of a tool that is installing the fastener, detecting that the hydraulic pressure has dropped by more than a threshold amount within a period of time, determining that a pintail of the fastener has snapped in response to the detecting, and reducing the hydraulic pressure in response to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Skye Jenkins, Jeff Devlin
  • Offset collar delivery for swage tools
    Patent number: 11358211
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool. The method includes steps of selecting a hole located at a part, aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole, placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole, and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole. This securely fastens the lockbolt collar to the lockbolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • SENSOR BASED CONTROL OF SWAGE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20220153451
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting installation of a fastener. One method includes monitoring hydraulic pressure of a tool that is installing the fastener, detecting that the hydraulic pressure has dropped by more than a threshold amount within a period of time, determining that a pintail of the fastener has snapped in response to the detecting, and reducing the hydraulic pressure in response to the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Skye Jenkins, Jeff Devlin
  • Sensor based control of swage tools
    Patent number: 11273931
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting installation of a fastener. One method includes monitoring hydraulic pressure of a tool that is installing the fastener, detecting that the hydraulic pressure has dropped by more than a threshold amount within a period of time, determining that a pintail of the fastener has snapped in response to the detecting, and reducing the hydraulic pressure in response to the determining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Skye Jenkins, Jeff Devlin
  • OFFSET COLLAR DELIVERY FOR SWAGE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20210276072
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool, the method including selecting a hole located at a part; aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole; placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole; and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • Offset collar delivery for swage tools
    Patent number: 11033952
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool, the method including selecting a hole located at a part; aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole; placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole; and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • Stackable collar cartridges for swage tools
    Patent number: 10744555
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a magazine for a swage tool. The method includes selecting a cartridge that comprises a first serpentine channel dimensioned for conveying collars, and further comprises an entrance and an exit of the first serpentine channel. The method also includes disposing the cartridge at a swage tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Eric M. Reid, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • STACKABLE COLLAR CARTRIDGES FOR SWAGE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20200094311
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for assembling a magazine for a swage tool. The method includes selecting a cartridge that comprises a first serpentine channel dimensioned for conveying collars, and further comprises an entrance and an exit of the first serpentine channel. The method also includes disposing the cartridge at a swage tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Eric M. Reid, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • OFFSET COLLAR DELIVERY FOR SWAGE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20200094312
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fastening via a swage tool. One embodiment is a method for fastening via a swage tool, the method including selecting a hole located at a part; aligning an axis of a lockbolt collar with a center of the hole; placing the lockbolt collar flush against the part at a first end of the hole; and swaging the lockbolt collar onto a lockbolt that has been driven through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Jeff Devlin, Brendan Elmore
  • SENSOR BASED CONTROL OF SWAGE TOOLS
    Publication number: 20200094990
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for inspecting installation of a fastener. One method includes monitoring hydraulic pressure of a tool that is installing the fastener, detecting that the hydraulic pressure has dropped by more than a threshold amount within a period of time, determining that a pintail of the fastener has snapped in response to the detecting, and reducing the hydraulic pressure in response to the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kwok Tung Chan, Tanni Sisco, Skye Jenkins, Jeff Devlin