Patents by Inventor Kevin L. Braun

Kevin L. Braun 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).

  • Methods and Systems for Forming a Shimmed Assembly
    Publication number: 20220234314
    Abstract: In an example, a method of shimming an uncured substructure for assembly is disclosed. The method comprises emitting a signal from an inspection system proximate a mating surface of the substructure, detecting a reflection of the signal with the inspection system, generating a data set based on detecting the reflection of the signal, the data set representing a shape of the mating surface, determining distances between a plurality of points on the mating surface and respective points on an inner surface of a support structure based on the data set, generating filler dimension data based on the distances, wherein the filler dimension data includes a varying thickness, shaping a filler structure with a computer numerical controlled shaping device using the filler dimension data, adhering a first surface of the filler structure to the mating surface of the substructure to form a shimmed substructure subassembly, and curing the shimmed substructure subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Marcin A. Rabiega, Kevin L. Braun, Jason R. Grindon, Yaniv R. Rock, John C. Osborne
  • Method and apparatus for applying a strip of material over an edge on a structure
    Patent number: 10829667
    Abstract: An apparatus automatically places, forms and compacts an adhesive strip on an edge of a structure in a single pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Richard Allen Miller, II, America Olsen Schaaf, Kevin L. Braun, Mark C. Iden, Brian Henry Korenaga, Scott Telford O'Farrell
  • Method and Apparatus for Applying a Strip of Material Over an Edge on a Structure
    Publication number: 20170022394
    Abstract: An apparatus automatically places, forms and compacts an adhesive strip on an edge of a structure in a single pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Allen Miller, II, America Olsen Schaaf, Kevin L. Braun, Mark C. Iden, Brian Henry Korenaga, Scott Telford O'Farrell