Rodney W Wright

US Patent:

7794183, Sep 14, 2010

Filed:

Jan 25, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/627220

Inventors:

Rodney S. Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US
Chris J. Erickson - Garden Grove CA, US
John J. Jimenez - Laguna Niguel CA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B23B 35/00
B23B 45/14

US Classification:

408 1R, 408 76, 408 88, 408103, 408235

Abstract:

A burrless, flexible track drilling system employing a counterweight tool balancing subsystem. The counterweight tool balancing subsystem provides essentially a “weightless” feel to a machining subassembly of the system that carries a drill and an electromagnet. This enables an operator to move the machining subassembly vertically with only a very minimal degree of effort being required. The machining subassembly also includes a plurality of lifting subassemblies that aid the user in lifting and lowering the electromagnet away from and toward a pair of panels on which a drilling operation is being performed. This also significantly reduces operator fatigue and contributes to a highly ergonomic system.

US Patent:

7983387, Jul 19, 2011

Filed:

Oct 20, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/582359

Inventors:

Chin Hoi Toh - Orange CA, US
Rodney Stephen Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US
James E. Engel - Newport Beach CA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G01N 23/04
G01N 23/201
G01B 15/02

US Classification:

378 57, 378 86, 378 89

Abstract:

The different advantageous embodiments provide a system for identifying a likelihood of detecting objects with a backscatter x-ray system comprising a structure having a number of objects, a plurality of databases, and a processor unit configured to execute a detection analysis process. The processor unit executes the detection analysis process to identify the number of objects, identify a number of densities associated with each of the number of objects, determine a likelihood of detecting each of the number of objects with the backscatter x-ray system, and generate a three-dimensional diagram of the likelihood of detecting each of the number of objects.

US Patent:

8542876, Sep 24, 2013

Filed:

Mar 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/073084

Inventors:

James E. Engel - Newport Beach CA, US
Rodney Stephen Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US
Chin Hoi Toh - Orange CA, US
William Talion Edwards - Foristell MO, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

G06K 9/00

US Classification:

382103, 382275, 378 87

Abstract:

A method for detecting an anomaly associated with a structure is described. The method includes obtaining a baseline scan of the structure, changing at least one condition associated with the structure which is intended to impart a movement of the structure or a movement of objects within the structure, obtaining a secondary scan of the structure, the secondary scan obtained from a same position, with respect to the structure, as the baseline scan, determining any differences between the baseline scan and the secondary scan, and identifying at least one of a foreign object proximate the structure and a structural anomaly associated with the structure based on any differences between the baseline scan and the secondary scan.

US Patent:

20130167610, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Jan 4, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/343106

Inventors:

Branko Sarh - Huntington Beach CA, US
David Hassan Amirehteshami - Rossmoor CA, US
Rodney Stephen Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US
Harinder Oberoi - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B21J 15/32
B23P 17/00
B21J 15/02

US Classification:

72324, 72455, 72372

Abstract:

A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis.

US Patent:

20130185925, Jul 25, 2013

Filed:

Apr 2, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/437916

Inventors:

Branko Sarh - Huntington Beach CA, US
Harinder S. Oberoi - Snohomish WA, US
Rodney S. Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US
Charles Y. Hu - Newcastle WA, US

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B23Q 3/00

US Classification:

29559, 29283

Abstract:

A system includes a frame having spaced apart first and second upright members, and a robot including an end effector and a plurality of arms. The arms extend from the end effector and clamp onto the first and second frame members to position the end effector between the first and second frame members.

US Patent:

20170239672, Aug 24, 2017

Filed:

Apr 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/499710

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Trent Rob Logan - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Rodney Stephen Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US

International Classification:

B05B 1/16
B05B 1/28
B05D 1/02
B05B 9/08
B05B 1/24
B05B 1/18
B05B 9/00
B05B 15/06

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.

US Patent:

20160114382, Apr 28, 2016

Filed:

Jan 6, 2016

Appl. No.:

14/988910

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
David H. Amirehteshami - Rossmoor CA, US
Rodney S. Wright - Glendale AZ, US
Harinder Oberoi - Snohomish WA, US

International Classification:

B21J 15/02

Abstract:

A riveting tool including a magnet, a magnetically attractive housing, a non-magnetically attractive bucking bar received in the housing, the bucking bar being moveable relative to the housing along a bucking bar axis, and an actuation mechanism to move the bucking bar along the bucking bar axis.

US Patent:

20140367481, Dec 18, 2014

Filed:

Dec 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/096275

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Trent Rob Logan - Foothill Ranch CA, US
Rodney Stephen Wright - Huntington Beach CA, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B05B 1/16
B05B 9/04

US Classification:

239 11, 239556, 239567, 239563

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for depositing a fluid over an interface. A nozzle may comprise a body having a first end and a second end, an input located at the first end of the body, an output located at the second end of the body, and a plurality of channels located within the body. The input may be configured to receive a fluid. The plurality of channels may have a configuration that causes the fluid received through the input to flow through the plurality of channels and exit the output to form a deposition having a desired shape over an interface.