Patents by Inventor Walter A. Willis

Walter A. Willis 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).

  • Patent number: 8806425
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for generating infrastructure code. In the context of a method, an ontology representative of a semantic data model is received. The method then processes the ontology in accordance with configuration information that defines the portion of the ontology to process, mapping information that defines a relationship between type information in the semantic data model and data types in the infrastructure code and one or more rules from the semantic data model relating to a conversion between different versions of semantic data model. In response to the processing, the method also automatically generates the infrastructure code in each of a plurality of computer languages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Raymond Walter Willis, John M. Anderson
  • Patent number: 6260825
    Abstract: A staple removing tool is provided which can be attached to a power tool such as a pneumatic hammer gun or which can be used manually. The tool includes a shaft having a handle affixed at a right angle thereto and an angled tip to assist in prying. The method described using the tool which greatly increases the efficiency in removing stapled upholstery fabric from furniture frames and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Inventor: Walter A. Willis