Patents by Inventor William J. Klunk

William J. Klunk 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).

  • Calibration procedure for rivet height gages
    Patent number: 7797128
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for calibrating rivet height gages. In one embodiment, the process calculates a size of sphere required to create a sphere-based ring gage to simulate a contact point between a rivet height gage and a sharp edge of a specified sharp-edged ring gage. The process identifies an expected protrusion height from a top of the rivet height gage to a reference surface formed by tops of a set of spheres of the size of sphere required to simulate the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Curtis M. Ashford, Robert A. Bost, William J. Klunk
  • CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR RIVET HEIGHT GAGES
    Publication number: 20090150109
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for calibrating rivet height gages. In one embodiment, the process calculates a size of sphere required to create a sphere-based ring gage to simulate a contact point between a rivet height gage and a sharp edge of a specified sharp-edged ring gage. The process identifies an expected protrusion height from a top of the rivet height gage to a reference surface formed by tops of a set of spheres of the size of sphere required to simulate the contact point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Curtis M. Ashford, Robert A. Bost, William J. Klunk