Patents by Inventor Mark C. Boberg

Mark C. Boberg 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).

  • Apparatus and method for automated layup of composite structures
    Patent number: 10086596
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a material layer onto a form tool may include at least one nosepiece configured to laterally sweep a ply carrier onto a form tool contour. The apparatus may include a pair of tension arms configured to support opposing lateral sides of a ply carrier having a material layer mounted to a lower surface thereof. The apparatus may include one or more actuators configured to position the tension arms during forming of the ply carrier to the form tool contour. The one or more actuators may be configured to sense and control lateral tension in the ply carrier during forming of the ply carrier to the form tool contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew R. Desjardien, Blake Rafferty, Michael Karas, Mark S. Bunker, Erik Lund, Garrett C. Hanson, Stephen G. Holley, Benjamin B. Lee, John D. O'Connell, John D. Morris, Derek J. Flolid, Bruce S. Howard, Mark C. Boberg, Eric J. Walker, Silas L. Studley, Derek Willis
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LAYUP OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20160263879
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a material layer onto a form tool may include at least one nosepiece configured to laterally sweep a ply carrier onto a form tool contour. The apparatus may include a pair of tension arms configured to support opposing lateral sides of a ply carrier having a material layer mounted to a lower surface thereof. The apparatus may include one or more actuators configured to position the tension arms during forming of the ply carrier to the form tool contour. The one or more actuators may be configured to sense and control lateral tension in the ply carrier during forming of the ply carrier to the form tool contour.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew R. Desjardien, Blake Rafferty, Michael Karas, Mark S. Bunker, Erik Lund, Garrett C. Hanson, Stephen G. Holley, Benjamin B. Lee, John D. O'Connell, John D. Morris, Derek J. Flolid, Bruce S. Howard, Mark C. Boberg, Eric J. Walker, Silas L. Studley, Derek Willis
  • Method and apparatus for producing composite structures
    Patent number: 8986482
    Abstract: A composite part is formed by a composite tape application machine that lays up a plurality of tapes on a substrate. The lateral position of the tapes may be adjusted as the tapes are being laid up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Peter D. McCowin, Mark C. Boberg, Paul E. Nelson
  • System and method for machining elongate members
    Patent number: 7654379
    Abstract: A system and method for machining an elongate workpiece in a plurality of work cells are provided. The work cells are positioned along a substantially linear process flow path so that the work operations can be performed on different lengthwise portions of the workpiece simultaneously. A transport system advances the workpiece from an infeed system along the process flow path, thereby moving the lengthwise portions of the workpiece successively through the work cells. The transport system includes a plurality of pallets that can be engaged to the workpiece so that the workpiece is supported by the pallets throughout at least part of the machining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Boberg, Mark P. Proulx, Hugh R. Schlosstein, C. Warren Turner, Gaye Turner, legal representative
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20100006205
    Abstract: A composite part is formed by a composite tape application machine that lays up a plurality of tapes on a substrate. The lateral position of the tapes may be adjusted as the tapes are being laid up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: PETER D. McCowin, Mark C. Boberg, Paul E. Nelson
  • System and method for machining elongate members
    Patent number: 7334673
    Abstract: A system and method for machining an elongate workpiece in a plurality of work cells are provided. The work cells are positioned along a substantially linear process flow path so that the work operations can be performed on different lengthwise portions of the workpiece simultaneously. A transport system advances the workpiece from an infeed system along the process flow path, thereby moving the lengthwise portions of the workpiece successively through the work cells. The transport system includes a plurality of pallets that can be engaged to the workpiece so that the workpiece is supported by the pallets throughout at least part of the machining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Boberg, Mark P. Proulx, Hugh R. Schlosstein, Gayle L. Turner, legal representative, C. Warren Turner
  • Blind hole drilling coolant remover and tapping fluid injector and method
    Patent number: 4778312
    Abstract: A method and tool (12) for use in an automatic machining center for removing drilling coolant from a blind hole (14) and for injecting tapping fluid into the hole (14), the tool having a nozzle (24) for removing the coolant from the hole and for injecting tapping fluid into the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1988
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Boberg, Galen R. Wright