Patents by Inventor Thomas S. Strevey

Thomas S. Strevey 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).

  • Aircraft design systems and methods
    Patent number: 9652584
    Abstract: A system comprises a configurator for providing a configuration definition that specifies existing engineering designs and manufacturing capability of aircraft structures that have already been designed and manufactured; and a processor for accessing the configuration definition from the configurator and filtering the configuration definition according to customer specifications for a new aircraft. The filtering selects existing designs and identifies existing manufacturing capability to fabricate structures for the new aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allan M. Hansen, Bradley K. Jackson, Lawrence W. Rogers, Scott A. Schieferdecker, David W. Patterson, Brian K. Thompson, Carl A. Bouffiou, Thomas S. Strevey
  • CONSIDERATION OF MANUFACTURING CAPABILITY DURING AIRCRAFT DESIGN
    Publication number: 20110172795
    Abstract: A system comprises a configurator for providing a configuration definition that specifies existing engineering designs and manufacturing capability of aircraft structures that have already been designed and manufactured; and a processor for accessing the configuration definition from the configurator and filtering the configuration definition according to customer specifications for a new aircraft. The filtering selects existing designs and identifies existing manufacturing capability to fabricate structures for the new aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Allan M. Hansen, Bradley K. Jackson, Lawrence W. Rogers, Scott A. Schieferdecker, David W. Patterson, Brian K. Thompson, Carl A. Bouffiou, Thomas S. Strevey