Patents by Inventor Shella A. Knoll

Shella A. Knoll 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).

  • Maintaining the airworthiness configuration of aircraft
    Patent number: 8989951
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for maintaining the airworthiness configuration of an aircraft. Airworthiness configuration information for an aircraft is identified by a data processing system. The airworthiness configuration information identifies an airworthiness configuration of the aircraft comprising a number of components of the aircraft. A number of automated identification technology devices are attached to the aircraft. The number of automated identification technology devices include component information for the number of components. The component information is read from the number of automated identification technology devices by a reader. The component information read from the number of automated identification technology devices is compared, by a processor unit, to the airworthiness configuration information to determine whether the aircraft complies with the airworthiness configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William P. Coop, Jose R. Elias, Lois Hill, Shella A. Knoll, David Robert Tilzer, Charles K. Bautz, Jr.