Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Clayton

Patrick J. Clayton 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).

  • Publication number: 20240075739
    Abstract: A label modification unit may receive a label modification input that indicates a label modification associated with content being written to a label or erased from the label. The label modification unit may identify an area of the label that is associated with the label modification according to the label modification input. The label modification unit may determine, based on a size of the area, a spot size of a light beam that is configured to be emitted by a laser printhead to modify the content within the area. The label modification unit may determine, based on the spot size and the content, an optical path configuration for the laser printhead. The label modification unit may operate the laser printhead according to the optical path configuration to write the content to the area or erase the content from the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Robert E. Beach, Chinmay Nanda, Richard Mark Clayton, Paul Seiter, Patrick Martin Brown, John J. Bozeki, Lucjan K. Perlowski
  • Publication number: 20220323994
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fluid barriers as well as systems and methods of forming fluid barriers. The method includes cleaning, via a blast media, a first side of a component and heating the component to a first temperature. Subsequently, the component is cleaned using a solvent. Subsequent to heating at least the component, a primer coating layer is formed on the first side of the component, and a topcoat layer is formed in contact with the primer coating layer. A primer coating material can be heated to a second temperature prior to formation of the primer coating layer. The first temperature can be different than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Randy J. GROVE, Scott M. Livingston, Dion P. Coleman, Timothy L. Whiteaker, Patrick J. Clayton, Khalid S. Alshobber, Michael D. Atkins, Trevor D. Garrett
  • Patent number: 11400486
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fluid barriers as well as systems and methods of forming fluid barriers. The method includes cleaning, via a blast media, a first side of a component and heating the component to a first temperature. Subsequently, the component is cleaned using a solvent. Subsequent to heating at least the component, a primer coating layer is formed on the first side of the component, and a topcoat layer is formed in contact with the primer coating layer. A primer coating material can be heated to a second temperature prior to formation of the primer coating layer. The first temperature can be different than the second temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Randy J. Grove, Scott M. Livingston, Dion P. Coleman, Timothy L. Whiteaker, Patrick J. Clayton, Khalid S. Alshobber, Michael D. Atkins, Trevor D. Garrett
  • Publication number: 20210170445
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides fluid barriers as well as systems and methods of forming fluid barriers. The method includes cleaning, via a blast media, a first side of a component and heating the component to a first temperature. Subsequently, the component is cleaned using a solvent. Subsequent to heating at least the component, a primer coating layer is formed on the first side of the component, and a topcoat layer is formed in contact with the primer coating layer. A primer coating material can be heated to a second temperature prior to formation of the primer coating layer. The first temperature can be different than the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Randy J. GROVE, Scott M. Livingston, Dion P. Coleman, Timothy L. Whiteaker, Patrick J. Clayton, Khalid S. Alshobber, Michael D. Atkins