Patents by Inventor Robert B. Luecking

Robert B. Luecking 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).

  • Investigation of destroyed assemblies and identification of components thereof
    Patent number: 7315644
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for providing a means for identifying recovered component parts of a destroyed assembly quickly and relatively easily using digital or electronic scanning techniques and comparison to virtual components that are presumed to have constituted the original assembly. The method also provides a means for digitally rigging the component parts in three-dimensional virtual space, thereby minimizing and, in some situations, possibly eliminating any need to physical rig the component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William D. Macy, Robert B. Luecking, Ronald P. Marsden