Patents by Inventor Meiling Chi

Meiling Chi 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).

  • Oxygen box for a limited maintenance access area above a ceiling panel of an aircraft cabin
    Patent number: 10239617
    Abstract: An oxygen box is secured in an oxygen box hole through a panel of an aircraft cabin by fasteners that are positioned in an interior volume of the oxygen box and are inserted through holes in a back wall of the oxygen box that are aligned with fastener openings in an exterior bracket positioned behind the panel and behind the oxygen box opening where the fasteners are received by the fastener openings in the exterior bracket and the fasteners removably attach the oxygen box to the exterior bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joe Files, Adam Arthur Logue, Meiling Chi, Steven Ellis Rhynard, Lance Smithson
  • OXYGEN BOX FOR A LIMITED MAINTENANCE ACCESS AREA ABOVE A CEILING PANEL OF AN AIRCRAFT CABIN
    Publication number: 20170073072
    Abstract: An oxygen box is secured in an oxygen box hole through a panel of an aircraft cabin by fasteners that are positioned in an interior volume of the oxygen box and are inserted through holes in a back wall of the oxygen box that are aligned with fastener openings in an exterior bracket positioned behind the panel and behind the oxygen box opening where the fasteners are received by the fastener openings in the exterior bracket and the fasteners removably attach the oxygen box to the exterior bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Joe Files, Adam Arthur Logue, Meiling Chi, Steven Ellis Phynard, Lance Smithson