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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.:

US 9067690 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2011

Cataloging system for recording manufacture anomaly data related to type, severity, and position with a wireless probe

Applicants:

Samuel Francis Pedigo, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);

Brice A. Johnson, Federal Way, WA (US);

Craig Farris Battles, Seattle, WA (US);

Donald L. Kaiser, Kent, WA (US);

Kimberly Jyl Kaiser, Kent, WA (US);

Richard Neil Blair, Kent, WA (US);

Winfeng LI, Renton, WA (US);

James M. Cobb, Burien, WA (US);

Matthew W. Smith, Puyallup, WA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel Francis Pedigo, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);

Brice A. Johnson, Federal Way, WA (US);

Craig Farris Battles, Seattle, WA (US);

Donald L. Kaiser, Kent, WA (US);

Kimberly Jyl Kaiser, Kent, WA (US);

Richard Neil Blair, Kent, WA (US);

Winfeng Li, Renton, WA (US);

James M. Cobb, Burien, WA (US);

Matthew W. Smith, Puyallup, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Armsttrong Teasdale LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edward Cosimano

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/008 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B64F 5/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/04 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/0045 (2013.01); G06F 17/40 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G01B 5/008 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 50/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An anomaly detection and cataloging system is described that includes a handheld probe having a probe tip, a user interface, and a communications interface. The system further includes a system controller and a probe locating device. The probe is operable, via the user interface, for transmitting, via the communications interface, a user selected anomaly type to the system controller, the anomaly type being associated with a manufactured part or airplane on the ground (AOG). The probe locating device is operable to provide to the system controller a location associated with the probe tip, and the system is programmed to associate the user selected anomaly type with the location associated with the probe tip.

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