Patents by Inventor Philip Marten Wright

Philip Marten Wright 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).

  • Panel trimming system
    Patent number: 6467385
    Abstract: One side of an access panel is trimmed while an opposite side of the panel is secured in an opening between skin sheets on the underside of an aircraft wing. The trimming apparatus includes a frame secured to one of the skin sheets with a rail extending along an edge of the opening and a trim saw assembly slideable along the rail. The frame can be secured in position by several vacuum cups, and can include index flanges engageable against an edge of the opening for precise positioning of the rail and the trim saw assembly carried thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James N. Buttrick, Alan Ray Merkley, Philip Marten Wright