Patents by Inventor Randall Wade Dickson

Randall Wade Dickson 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).

  • Optical systems and methods for aircraft flight control rigging
    Patent number: 11155364
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aircraft flight control rigging are described. An example system includes a first set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the first set, a distance from the laser rangefinder to a respective target location on a fixed surface of an aircraft, and a second set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the second set, a distance to a respective target location on a control surface of the aircraft. The example system also includes a processor to (i) receive signals indicative of the distance measured by each rangefinder and (ii) generate a first plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the rangefinders of the first set to its respective target location and a second plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the laser rangefinders of the second set to its respective target location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott Charles Farner, Joseph Edward Dale Sharp, Randall Wade Dickson
  • Optical Systems and Methods for Aircraft Flight Control Rigging
    Publication number: 20190233136
    Abstract: Systems and methods for aircraft flight control rigging are described. An example system includes a first set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the first set, a distance from the laser rangefinder to a respective target location on a fixed surface of an aircraft, and a second set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the second set, a distance to a respective target location on a control surface of the aircraft. The example system also includes a processor to (i) receive signals indicative of the distance measured by each rangefinder and (ii) generate a first plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the rangefinders of the first set to its respective target location and a second plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the laser rangefinders of the second set to its respective target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Scott Charles Farner, Joseph Edward Dale Sharp, Randall Wade Dickson