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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Ray DesJardien, Kenmore, WA (US);
Eric M. Reid, Kenmore, WA (US);
Steven A. Best, Marysville, WA (US);
Jaeeun Shin, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); Y10T 29/50 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for supporting a structure. The apparatus may comprise a support, a load-balancing structure associated with the support, and a set of connection devices associated with the load-balancing structure. The set of connection devices may be configured to connect to the structure to form a set of control points. Each of the set of connection devices may be configured to independently control a location of a corresponding control point in the set of control points.