Patents by Inventor William Scott Ballantine

William Scott Ballantine 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).

  • Method and system for aircraft assembly and maintenance
    Patent number: 11535399
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, Jr., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY AND MAINTENANCE
    Publication number: 20210380279
    Abstract: Methods of performing assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, systems for performing desired assembly or maintenance on an aircraft, and mobile work stations useful for such systems and methods, where the mobile work stations include a work platform, including an accessway providing access to the work platform; and a moveable base supporting the work platform with one or more platform jacks that can adjustably raise and lower the work platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Prendergast, Nicholas J. Brimlow, Arthur Eugene Whitson, JR., Charles Michael Richards, William Scott Ballantine, James T. Johnstone
  • Disc sleeve with retention feature
    Patent number: 7308982
    Abstract: A disc sleeve is provided for allowing safe storage of discs and/or information articles. The sleeve may include a disc access opening formed on a wall of the sleeve and an information article access opening along an edge of the sleeve. The sleeve also may include a disc retention joint to allow for secure storage of a disc when the sleeve is turned upside down, shaken, or handled during manufacturing. The sleeve may be designed to include a use verification joint to verify whether the disc has been removed from the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: William Scott Ballantine
  • Portion of a diskette sleeve
    Patent number: D514365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: William Scott Ballantine