Patents by Inventor Richard H. Bossi
Richard H. Bossi 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).
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Patent number: 9239315Abstract: A patch and associated methods for monitoring and inspecting a structure are provided in order to facilitate such inspections. The patch includes a sheet of material configured to be attached to the structure and a frequency steerable array carried by the sheet of material. The frequency steerable array includes a plurality of sources for emitting structural waves in response to an input having a variable frequency such that variations in the frequency of the input cause the structural waves emitted by the plurality of sources to be controllably steered relative to the sheet of material. Methods utilizing one or more frequency steerable arrays for monitoring and inspecting a patch-repaired structure are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 9188566Abstract: A method for and apparatus for inspecting a location on a test object with a number of obstructions to reaching the location. An elongate optical fiber carrier holding a number of optical fibers is moved to the location on the test object with the number of obstructions to reaching the location. A pattern of light is transmitted from the number of optical fibers onto a surface of the test object at the location. The pattern of the light is configured to cause sound waves in the test object when the pattern of the light encounters the surface of the test object. A response is detected to the sound waves using the number of optical fibers.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Richard H. Bossi, Clarence L. Gordon, III, Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, William P. Motzer, Alan Frank Stewart
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Publication number: 20150306859Abstract: A method of forming a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate is disclosed. The method includes treating a surface of each of a plurality of molybdenum foil layers. The method further includes interweaving the surface treated molybdenum foil layers with a plurality of composite material layers. The method further includes bonding with an adhesive layer each of the surface treated molybdenum foil layers to adjacent composite material layers to form a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate having improved yield strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, Marc J. Piehl, Kay Y. Blohowiak, Alan E. Landmann, Richard H. Bossi, Robert L. Carlsen, Gregory Alan Foltz, Geoffrey A. Butler, Liam S. Cavanaugh Pingree, Stephen G. Moore, John Mark Gardner, Robert A. Anderson
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Patent number: 9164066Abstract: A method and apparatus comprises a sensor structure, a first array of optical fibers, and a second array of optical fibers. The first array of optical fibers is associated with the sensor structure. The first array of optical fibers is configured to transmit a pattern of light towards a test object and the pattern of light is configured to cause sound waves in the test object when the pattern of light encounters the test object. The second array of optical fibers is associated with the sensor structure. The second array of optical fibers is configured to detect a response to the sound waves.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Richard H. Bossi, Gary E. Georgeson, Clarence L. Gordon, III, Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, William P. Motzer, Alan Frank Stewart
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Patent number: 9128030Abstract: A system may be provided for inspecting a first internal characteristic of a sealed article such as a lithium-ion battery. The system may include an X-ray source, one or more X-ray detectors, one or more actuators that control the location on the article at which the X-rays are emitted, and a processing apparatus that receives X-ray detection data from the one or more X-ray detectors. The processing apparatus may use the X-ray detection data to form an X-ray backscattering image that shows the first internal characteristic. The first internal characteristic may be an electrolyte level within the lithium-ion battery or a material consistency within the lithium-ion battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Morteza Safai, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 9103758Abstract: A method for manufacturing a test specimen assembly. A first material for the test specimen assembly and a witness coupon are positioned relative to each other. A surface treatment is applied onto a first surface of the first material and onto a surface of the witness coupon. An adhesive is applied onto the first surface of the first material. A second surface of a second material for the test specimen assembly is placed onto the first surface of the first material with the adhesive. The adhesive is cured to form the test specimen assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Douglas Allen Frisch, Richard H. Bossi, William Bruce Hopkins Grace, Marc Joel Piehl, Kay Youngdahl Blohowiak, Paul H. Shelley, Jr.
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Patent number: 9090043Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a molybdenum composite hybrid laminate. The laminate has a plurality of composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of surface treated molybdenum foil layers interweaved between the composite material layers. The laminate further has a plurality of adhesive layers disposed between and bonding adjacent layers of the composite material layers and the molybdenum foil layers.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Marc R. Matsen, Mark A. Negley, Marc J. Piehl, Kay Y. Blohowiak, Alan E. Landmann, Richard H. Bossi, Robert L. Carlsen, Gregory Alan Foltz, Geoffrey A. Butler, Liam S. Cavanaugh Pingree, Stephen G. Moore, John Mark Gardner, Robert A. Anderson
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Publication number: 20150128709Abstract: A method for determining the presence of damage in a structure includes applying energy to the structure to induce tension shockwaves in the structure. The method also includes detecting sound waves caused by the tension shockwaves using at least one acoustic emission sensor on the surface of the structure. Additionally, the method includes determining the presence of damage in the structure due to the applied energy based on detected sound waves.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alan F. Stewart, Hong H. Tat, Richard H. Bossi
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Publication number: 20150059479Abstract: A transducer for stimulating an article under test with ultrasonic vibration may include a transducer body having a transmitting face and configured to generate ultrasonic vibration through the transmitting face, and an couplant mounted on the transmitting face, the couplant having a multiplicity of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes extending therefrom in a direction substantially normal to the transmitting face.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Keith J. Davis, Richard H. Bossi, John A. Mittleider, Arthur M. Vetter
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Patent number: 8965100Abstract: A first simulated inspection is conducted to provide a first waveform data set associated with the at least one irregularity parameter. The first simulated inspection is conducted using a first evaluation setting. A first image is produced based on the first waveform set, and it is determined whether a quality of the first image satisfies a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Z. Lin, Hong Tat, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 8806950Abstract: A method and apparatus for an electromagnetic acoustic transducer. An apparatus comprises a conductive material and a current inducer. The conductive material is configured to generate a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field has magnetic flux lines that are substantially fixed and the conductive material has a temperature that is equal to or less than a critical temperature at which the conductive material has substantially zero electrical resistance. The current inducer is configured to cause an electric current to flow in a test object that interacts with the magnetic field, wherein the electric current has a frequency that generates an acoustic wave in the test object.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John Ralph Hull, Michael Strasik, Richard H. Bossi
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Publication number: 20140202239Abstract: A composite bonded structure with integral stress sensing and bond evaluation system incorporates a bonded structure having a first component, a second component and a layer of adhesive bonding the first and second components. The layer of adhesive includes multiple embedded fluorescing particles which emit a first spectral intensity in an unstressed condition and a second spectral intensity in a stressed condition. A bond evaluation apparatus is then employed for measuring spectral intensity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John R. Hull, Keith J. Davis, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 8714016Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a tension wave. A beam of coherent light is directed to an absorber surface of a transducer structure. A compression wave is generated within the transducer structure. The compression wave is reflected on a reflecting surface of the transducer structure to form the tension wave. The tension wave is directed through a test object in a desired direction using a configuration of the reflecting surface relative to the test object.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Alan Frank Stewart, Richard H. Bossi, Clarence L. Gordon, III
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Patent number: 8692201Abstract: A moisture detection system for characterizing moisture on a sample includes a generator adapted to emit an incident beam of radiation from the terahertz spectrum of frequency onto the sample; a detector adapted to receive a reflected beam of radiation from the sample and measure radiation in the reflected beam; and a controller adapted to correlate the radiation in the reflected beam with an amount of moisture on the sample.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Clarence Lavere Gordon, III, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 8618824Abstract: A device and method for monitoring the material health of a structure, providing a miniaturized MEMS Kelvin probe within a housing, wherein the Kelvin probe comprises a conductive plate formed of a stable metal and positioned substantially parallel to the structure; a piezoelectric vibrator for vibrating the conductive plate; and an electrical circuit connected to the conductive plate and the structure, wherein the conductive plate and the structure form a capacitor. The device is contained in one small, lightweight package that can be placed at one or more locations of interest. The sensor can be left in-place for continuous monitoring or for active testing at desired intervals, or be brought to the aircraft at desired intervals.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert B. Greegor, Richard H. Bossi
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Publication number: 20130333472Abstract: A method for and apparatus for inspecting a location on a test object with a number of obstructions to reaching the location. An elongate optical fiber carrier holding a number of optical fibers is moved to the location on the test object with the number of obstructions to reaching the location. A pattern of light is transmitted from the number of optical fibers onto a surface of the test object at the location. The pattern of the light is configured to cause sound waves in the test object when the pattern of the light encounters the surface of the test object. A response is detected to the sound waves using the number of optical fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Richard H. Bossi, Clarence L. Gordon, III, Jeffrey R. Kollgaard, William P. Motzer, Alan Frank Stewart
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Publication number: 20130192373Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a tension wave. A beam of coherent light is directed to an absorber surface of a transducer structure. A compression wave is generated within the transducer structure. The compression wave is reflected on a reflecting surface of the transducer structure to form the tension wave. The tension wave is directed through a test object in a desired direction using a configuration of the reflecting surface relative to the test object.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Alan Frank Stewart, Richard H. Bossi, Clarence L. Gordon, III
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Publication number: 20130188858Abstract: A first simulated inspection is conducted to provide a first waveform data set associated with the at least one irregularity parameter. The first simulated inspection is conducted using a first evaluation setting. A first image is produced based on the first waveform set, and it is determined whether a quality of the first image satisfies a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2012Publication date: July 25, 2013Inventors: John Z. Lin, Hong Tat, Richard H. Bossi
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Patent number: 8442179Abstract: A method and apparatus for identifying and tagging a target, such an individual or an item, are described that provide an improved mechanism for identifying the target without alerting the target. In this regard, a method and apparatus can irradiate the target so as to create a radioisotope signature for the target. By thereafter monitoring the radioisotope signature, the target can be identified and tracked in a covert manner.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John L. Adamski, Richard H. Bossi, James M. Nelson, William G. Bartholet
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Publication number: 20130111998Abstract: A method and apparatus for an electromagnetic acoustic transducer. An apparatus comprises a conductive material and a current inducer. The conductive material is configured to generate a magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field has magnetic flux lines that are substantially fixed and the conductive material has a temperature that is equal to or less than a critical temperature at which the conductive material has substantially zero electrical resistance. The current inducer is configured to cause an electric current to flow in a test object that interacts with the magnetic field, wherein the electric current has a frequency that generates an acoustic wave in the test object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: John Ralph Hull, Michael Strasik, Richard H. Bossi