The Boeing Company

Robert William Dost

Wrenn P Holman

Ernest E Williams, Jr

Chad L Braunschweig

Raymond H Horstman

Gary L Richter

Bruce Alan Dike

Anthony Todd Lefkowicz

Kate A Ackerman

Tracy M Brown

Brian Harry Cartwright

Jose L Cisnero

James W Baldwin

James Francis Callow, Iii

Yida Gonzalez

Joseph A Gagnier

Michael H Volkmar

Michael Byrd

Juan Villalobos

Kenneth L McElhaney

Jarrod P Ming

Francisco J Boyer

Nasima Rahman

William L Saylor

William A Rauch

Phillip W Rogen

Patricia M Hutchinson

John A Wilson

Christopher J Sanchez

Dale R Tallyn

David J Bauder

Paul J Wright

Amanda Frances Chastain

Andrew B Mgebroff

Jan Hutton

A method and apparatus for manufacturing a product. The method comprises creating a product plan comprising time units during which manufacturing of the product occurs, wherein the time units are grouped into phases of the manufacturing. Further, the product plan also includes entities performing work on systems for the product and work items performed by the entities during the manufacturing days. The manufacturing of the product is controlled using the product plan.

Automated control system for manufacturing aircraft

A removable hoist assembly for lifting a load up and into a confined space in the form of a kit has a support structure releasably coupled to overhead structural beams in the confined space, a motor releasably coupled to the support structure above the support structure between the overhead structural beams, a hoist arm releasably coupled to the support structure to be rotatable and extendable with respect to the support structure, and a cable supported by the hoist arm. The cable has a free end positioned proximate a distal end of the hoist arm and configured to couple to the load and a terminal end coupled to the motor such that the cable extends and retracts with respect to the motor. The hoist arm support structure spreads the weight of the motor, hoist arm and the load across a plurality of the overhead structural beams.

Hoist assembly and method of lifting

A modular monolithic metal framed bulkhead panel having an outer frame, an inner frame, a non-metallic composite panel, a panel seal, and a frame seal common to a panel-bulkhead structure interface.

Modular monolithic bulkhead panel

The present invention includes an apparatus for guiding movement of an object along a track. The apparatus includes an attachment member defining an opening. A bushing is positioned in the opening and the bushing is laterally moveable within the opening. A plunger is attached to the bushing and the plunger is configured to move towards and away from the bushing. A guide mechanism is pivotably attached to the plunger and the guide mechanism is moveable along the track. According to other aspects of the invention, a slider is used in combination with a roller as the guide mechanism.

Articulating glide mechanism for asymmetric door operation

A decompression panel assembly ( ) for use in an aircraft separation structure ( ). The panel assembly includes a support pan ( ) having an opening ( ), a bull nose ( ) extending outwardly from the support pan at the opening's edge, and a recess ( ) surrounding the bull nose. An inner seal ( ) is sized and located within the recess ( ). A retaining ring ( ) is provided and includes a number of fingers ( ) formed from spaced-apart slits ( ) extending into the retaining ring ( ) from the ring's inner edge. The assembly ( ) further includes a pressure relief panel ( ) shaped similar to the support pan opening shape, though sized slightly larger. The pressure relief panel ( ) is held between the support pan bull nose ( ) and the retaining ring ( ) during non-decompression use. A number of index pins ( ) interconnect between the retaining ring and the support pan. A grill ( ) is attached to the support pan to protect the pressure relief panel. During a rapid decompression event, the retaining ring fingers ( ) flex slightly to reduce the holding force applied to the pressure relief panel ( ), thus allowing the pressure relief panel to quickly and entirely detach from the panel assembly ( ).

Flow-efficient, static pressure-shielding, fire-resistant decompression panel assembly

A decompression panel assembly (12) for use in an aircraft separation structure (14). The panel assembly includes a support pan (26) having an opening (28), a bull nose (64) extending outwardly from the support pan at the opening's edge, and a recess (62) surrounding the bull nose. An inner seal (70) is sized and located within the recess (62). A retaining ring (22) is provided and includes a number of fingers (84) formed from spaced-apart slits (86) extending into the retaining ring (22) from the ring's inner edge. The assembly (12) further includes a pressure relief panel (24) shaped similar to the support pan opening shape, though sized slightly larger. The pressure relief panel (24) is held between the support pan bull nose (64) and the retaining ring (22) during non-decompression use. A number of index pins (94) interconnect between the retaining ring and the support pan. A grill (30) is attached to the support pan to protect the pressure relief panel. During a rapid decompression event, the retaining ring fingers (84) flex slightly to reduce the holding force applied to the pressure relief panel (24), thus allowing the pressure relief panel to quickly and entirely detach from the assembly (12).

Fire resistant pressure relief panel assembly

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Kent, WA, United States of America

Robert William Dost