Patents by Inventor Timothy F. Su

Timothy F. Su 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).

  • Head assignment modeling and simulation
    Patent number: 7747421
    Abstract: To model head assignments for a multihead composite material application machine having a set of heads, a ply geometry for a composite part is received and a configuration for the multihead composite material application machine is received. In addition, a constellation of head locations is generated in response to the ply geometry and the configuration for the multihead composite material application machine. Furthermore, a head location of the constellation of head locations is assigned to a corresponding head of the set of heads and a graphical model of the multihead composite material application machine applying the composite material upon the composite part is generated in response to the assigned head locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Wei-Pai Tang, Timothy F. Su