Patents by Inventor Victor X. Du

Victor X. Du 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).

  • Methods and systems for one-sided fastener assembly installation
    Patent number: 11215966
    Abstract: Methods and systems for installing and verifying installation of a fastener assembly using predictive verification. A method includes receiving, at a processor, at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic of a fastener assembly hole. The method further includes determining, via the processor, whether the at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic is within a predetermined range of fastener assembly hole variable and, upon determining the at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic is within the predetermined range of fastener assembly hole variables, transmitting instructions, via the processor, to a fastening device to initiate installation of a fastener assembly in the fastener assembly hole. The processor then receives at least one installation value of the fastener assembly and determines via the processor, whether the installation value is within a predetermined range of fastener installation variables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Melanie J. Sutherland, Christopher Lance Newbolt, Sabyasachi Basu, Mark Woods, Victor X. Du
  • Methods and Systems for One-Sided Fastener Assembly Installation
    Publication number: 20210132572
    Abstract: Methods and systems for installing and verifying installation of a fastener assembly using predictive verification. A method includes receiving, at a processor, at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic of a fastener assembly hole. The method further includes determining, via the processor, whether the at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic is within a predetermined range of fastener assembly hole variable and, upon determining the at least one fastener assembly hole characteristic is within the predetermined range of fastener assembly hole variables, transmitting instructions, via the processor, to a fastening device to initiate installation of a fastener assembly in the fastener assembly hole. The processor then receives at least one installation value of the fastener assembly and determines via the processor, whether the installation value is within a predetermined range of fastener installation variables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Melanie J. Sutherland, Christopher Lance Newbolt, Sabyasachi Basu, Mark Woods, Victor X. Du