Patents by Inventor Jonathan A. Fulton

Jonathan A. Fulton 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 controller for aircraft
    Patent number: 10317870
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring manufacturing of a product. An assembly task network for assembly tasks for assembling is searched by a computer system. The assembly task network defines dependencies between the assembly tasks. A probability of a group of downstream delays as a function of a state of assembly of components for the product being manufactured is calculated using a state of the assembly tasks, enabling modifying incomplete assembly tasks for the product that reduce the group of downstream delays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gabriel August Burnett, Sean Francis Harrington, Shabnam Zangeneh-Khamooshi, Jonathan A. Fulton, Heather Noel Siflinger, Jack Zinn Byers, Bianca Lui-Sargent, Benjamin J. Brelje, Wallace C. O'Rear
  • Systems and methods for monitoring maintenance intervals
    Patent number: 9947208
    Abstract: A system for monitoring maintenance for manufacturing apparatuses in a facility is provided. The system includes at least one manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing apparatus including an RF identification tag and a module, and a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Fulton, Andrew J. Pinion, Whitney Michelle Loubier, Matthew Pistorius, Shibin Mathew, Wei Mi, Benjamin Q. Bodenmiller
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MAINTENANCE INTERVALS
    Publication number: 20170301211
    Abstract: A system for monitoring maintenance for manufacturing apparatuses in a facility is provided. The system includes at least one manufacturing apparatus, the manufacturing apparatus including an RF identification tag and a module, and a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Fulton, Andrew J. Pinion, Whitney Michelle Loubier, Matthew Pistorius, Shibin Mathew, Wei Mi, Benjamin Q. Bodenmiller