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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021

Filed:

Jan. 31, 2018
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Scott Charles Farner, North Charleston, SC (US);

Joseph Edward Dale Sharp, Heath, OH (US);

Randall Wade Dickson, North Charleston, SC (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01); B64C 9/30 (2006.01); B64C 9/14 (2006.01); B64C 5/10 (2006.01); B64C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01S 17/06 (2013.01); B64C 5/10 (2013.01); B64C 9/14 (2013.01); B64C 9/30 (2013.01); B64C 2009/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for aircraft flight control rigging are described. An example system includes a first set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the first set, a distance from the laser rangefinder to a respective target location on a fixed surface of an aircraft, and a second set of laser rangefinders to measure, for each laser rangefinder of the second set, a distance to a respective target location on a control surface of the aircraft. The example system also includes a processor to (i) receive signals indicative of the distance measured by each rangefinder and (ii) generate a first plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the rangefinders of the first set to its respective target location and a second plot line graphic of the measured distances of each of the laser rangefinders of the second set to its respective target location.


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