Patents by Inventor Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward

Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward 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).

  • Fastener-installation systems and methods
    Patent number: 10751859
    Abstract: A fastener-installation system is described that includes a driver to drive a fastener into a structure and a fastener feeder to load the fastener into a loaded position of the driver. The fastener feeder includes a fastener magazine to hold a plurality of fasteners. The fastener-installation system further includes a driver head having a plurality of jaws moveable between a closed position and an expanded position. In the closed position, the plurality of jaws form a piercing tip to pierce material of the structure. Further, the jaws spread apart the material of the structure when the jaws move from the closed position to the expanded position to create a path through the material through which the fastener is driven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eerik J. Helmick, Edward L. White, Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson, Claire Noel Diehl, Joseph Nicholas Kochevar, Maura Elizabeth Cosman, Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward
  • Fastener-Installation Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20180215018
    Abstract: A fastener-installation system is described that includes a driver to drive a fastener into a structure and a fastener feeder to load the fastener into a loaded position of the driver. The fastener feeder includes a fastener magazine to hold a plurality of fasteners. The fastener-installation system further includes a driver head having a plurality of jaws moveable between a closed position and an expanded position. In the closed position, the plurality of jaws form a piercing tip to pierce material of the structure. Further, the jaws spread apart the material of the structure when the jaws move from the closed position to the expanded position to create a path through the material through which the fastener is driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Eerik J. Helmick, Edward L. White, Jennifer Elizabeth Anderson, Claire Noel Diehl, Joseph Nicholas Kochevar, Maura Elizabeth Cosman, Sophia Victoria Utset-Ward