Patents by Inventor John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
John W. Dorsey-Palmateer 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: 10434555Abstract: Systems and methods for using metrology to assist a user at a workstation to form a part into a desired contour include scanning the part to obtain scanned data indicative of an actual contour of the part. Distance errors are determined based on a comparison of the scanned data to a computer model of the desired contour. A contour map of deviation is determined based on the distance errors, with the contour map of deviation indicating magnitudes of the distance errors for at least a selected set of points on the actual contour of the part. Visible indicium is projected onto the part that represents the contour map of deviation, thereby assisting the user of the workstation to identify where further modification of the actual contour is needed.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brenda C. Gross, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 9983566Abstract: Systems and methods of inspecting a manufactured part include creating a computer model of the part with a desired model contour having a model feature at a desired location. The manufactured part is scanned to obtain scanned data indicative of a manufactured surface formed in a manufactured contour and having a manufactured feature at an actual location on the manufactured surface. The computer model is modified using modeled reaction forces so that the model contour matches the manufactured surface. A determination whether the manufactured part is acceptable is based on a comparison of the actual location of the manufactured feature with and the desired location of the model feature with the model surface in the modified model contour. Additionally or alternatively, the reaction forces are compared with a reaction force threshold to determine whether the manufactured part requires reworking.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brenda C. Gross, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer, Timothy G. Nielsen
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Publication number: 20170165732Abstract: Systems and methods for using metrology to assist a user at a workstation to form a part into a desired contour include scanning the part to obtain scanned data indicative of an actual contour of the part. Distance errors are determined based on a comparison of the scanned data to a computer model of the desired contour. A contour map of deviation is determined based on the distance errors, with the contour map of deviation indicating magnitudes of the distance errors for at least a selected set of points on the actual contour of the part. Visible indicium is projected onto the part that represents the contour map of deviation, thereby assisting the user of the workstation to identify where further modification of the actual contour is needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brenda C. Gross, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Publication number: 20170160719Abstract: Systems and methods of inspecting a manufactured part include creating a computer model of the part with a desired model contour having a model feature at a desired location. The manufactured part is scanned to obtain scanned data indicative of a manufactured surface formed in a manufactured contour and having a manufactured feature at an actual location on the manufactured surface. The computer model is modified using modeled reaction forces so that the model contour matches the manufactured surface. A determination whether the manufactured part is acceptable is based on a comparison of the actual location of the manufactured feature with and the desired location of the model feature with the model surface in the modified model contour. Additionally or alternatively, the reaction forces are compared with a reaction force threshold to determine whether the manufactured part requires reworking.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2015Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Brenda C. Gross, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer, Timothy G. Nielsen
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Patent number: 7555404Abstract: A method for determining the positional laydown accuracy of an automated lamination machine during fabrication of a multiple layered part is described. The method includes measuring a position of a placement head of the lamination machine in a coordinate system, determining a location of a ply edge with respect to the placement head, transforming the location of the ply edge into the coordinate system, based on the measured head position, transforming the location of the ply edge from the coordinate system into a second coordinate system that is associated with the part being fabricated, and comparing actual ply edge location in the second coordinate system to an expected ply edge location defined in the second coordinate system, the second coordinate system associated with the part being fabricated, to determine the laydown accuracy of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2007Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph Daniel Brennan, Solomon T. Atsebha, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer, Patrick L. Anderson
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Publication number: 20090043533Abstract: A method for determining the positional laydown accuracy of an automated lamination machine during fabrication of a multiple layered part is described. The method includes measuring a position of a placement head of the lamination machine in a coordinate system, determining a location of a ply edge with respect to the placement head, transforming the location of the ply edge into the coordinate system, based on the measured head position, transforming the location of the ply edge from the coordinate system into a second coordinate system that is associated with the part being fabricated, and comparing actual ply edge location in the second coordinate system to an expected ply edge location defined in the second coordinate system, the second coordinate system associated with the part being fabricated, to determine the laydown accuracy of the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Joseph Daniel Brennan, Solomon T. Atsebha, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer, Patrick L. Anderson
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Patent number: 5651600Abstract: A projector system having a process utilizing three-dimensional data, thereby allowing the system to account for rotational and translational differences between the projector and the object upon which the laser light is directed. Reference targets located on the object are in a known relationship to the projected three dimensional data. The reference targets are retro-reflective, such that light steered by the projector, when impinging on the reference targets, will return to the projector for detection and determination of the relative translation and orientation between projector and object. The three-dimensional data is then converted to a format suitable for projection using said translation and orientation information.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 1996Date of Patent: July 29, 1997Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 5506641Abstract: A projection system having a process utilizing three-dimensional data, thereby allowing the system to account for rotational and translational differences between the projector and the object upon which the laser light is directed. Reference sensors located on the object are in a known relationship to the three-dimensional data set to be projected, i.e., the reference sensors utilize the same coordinate system as the three-dimensional data set.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 1995Date of Patent: April 9, 1996Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 5450147Abstract: A projection system having a process utilizing three-dimensional data, thereby allowing the system to account for rotational and translational differences between the projector and the object upon which the laser light is directed. Reference sensors located on the object are in a known relationship to the three-dimensional data set to be projected, i.e., the reference sensors utilize the same coordinate system as the three-dimensional set.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1993Date of Patent: September 12, 1995Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 5444505Abstract: A projection system having a process utilizing three-dimensional data, thereby allowing the system to account for rotational and translational differences between the projector and the object upon which the laser light is directed. Reference sensors located on the object are in a known relationship to the three-dimensional data set to be projected, i.e., the reference sensors utilize the same coordinate system as the three-dimensional data set.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1994Date of Patent: August 22, 1995Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 5341183Abstract: A projection system having a process utilizing three-dimensional data, thereby allowing the system to account for rotational and translational differences between the projector and the object upon which the laser light is directed. Reference sensors located on the object are in a known relationship to the three-dimensional data set to be projected, i.e., the reference sensors utilize the same coordinate system as the three-dimensional data set.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 1992Date of Patent: August 23, 1994Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventor: John W. Dorsey-Palmateer
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Patent number: 4533870Abstract: A method for determining proper operation of a multi-section photo-sensitive detector (10) includes measuring (102) the cathode-anode dark resistance of each section and rejecting the detector (104, 108) if any section measures less than a predetermined value or if the ratio of the dark resistance of any section to the section having the highest dark resistance (106) exceeds a specified level. Each detector is also subjected to anode-to-anode or cathode-to-cathode dark resistance testing for both adjacent (110) and non-adjacent (124) sections, with testing based on comparisons between section pair readings and the sum of the cathode-anode dark resistances of each section in the tested pair (114, 128).Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1982Date of Patent: August 6, 1985Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: David E. Baukol, John W. Dorsey-Palmateer