The Boeing Company

John Terry Monahan

Thomas A Grandine

Jan Hendrik Vandenbrande

Sean M Callahan

Mark Arnold Dahl

Daniel N Giles

Jay Kenji Yoshinaga

Stephen H Ward

Brian Byungkyu Kim

Miriam Lucian

John Michael Caddick

Michael Mark Scheiern

Elizabeth Thelma Montague

Patric Roy Gillies

Philip Won Jin Chung

Richard Loran Williams

Frank Samuel Holman, Iii

Fred Milton Cruz

Carl A Pearson

John M Caddick

Jay Kenj Yoshinaga

Iii Holman Frank Samuel

A computer-implemented system and method for obtaining product related information. Information related to a product obtained from a plurality of different sources is transformed into processed product data with a plurality of levels. Callouts and contexts are identified in the processed product data. A product-to-chemical continuum is generated by creating callout-context pathway segments between the plurality of levels of the processed product data based on the callouts and contexts identified. A query request for product information is transformed into a set of context search parameters, which is used to traverse the product-to-chemical continuum through the callout-context pathway segments that span the plurality of levels. The product information that matches the set of context search parameters is extracted from the product-to-chemical continuum. The callout-context pathway segments reduce processing resources and time needed to obtain the product information.

Product chemical profile system

A method and apparatus for managing variations in a product structure for a product comprising a data manager and a visualizer. The data manager is configured to manage variations in the product structure using a model. The model includes a group of master objects having a primary hierarchical organization and a group of configuration objects having a number of secondary hierarchical organizations. Each secondary hierarchical organization in the number of secondary hierarchical organizations is associated with the primary hierarchical organization and configured to represent a variant of the product. A number of configuration objects in a secondary hierarchical organization represents a number of variations in the product structure for the product. The visualizer is configured to visually present, in a graphical user interface, information for an object selected from one of a master object in the group of master objects and a configuration object in the group of configuration objects.

User interface for presenting information about a product structure for a product

A method of determining a rigid motion between a master solid model and an approximated target model (or, more generally, between any two models having different types) includes identifying, within each model, geometrical entities having a unique characteristic, and then determining the best match between the identified geometric entities. The system provides, in machine-readable form, a master model comprising a precise definition of a three-dimensional solid and a target model comprising a simplified definition of the three-dimensional solid. Then it identifies a first set of geometric entities (e.g., planar faces) within the master model that have a unique characteristic (e.g., planar area), and identifies a second set of geometric entities in the target model that have the unique characteristic. The system then determines a best match between a member of the first set of geometric entities and a member of the second set of geometric entities using, for example, a Hungarian matching algorithm. Linear edges of matched faces are compared to determine the appropriate rigid motion.

Methods and apparatus for automated part positioning based on geometrical comparisons

A missile body and related method for producing a missile body comprising a plurality of coaxially disposed contiguous body sections wherein each body section is a structure having a cross-sectional configuration corresponding to a respective cross section of the missile body, means for fixedly attaching the contiguous body sections together axially to form a hull, and an outer skin physically engaging the hull and constituting the outer skin of the missile body.

Low cost composite missile structure

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

John Terry Monahan