Brian J Peters

US Patent:

8257264, Sep 4, 2012

Filed:

Dec 7, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/634994

Inventors:

Robert Park - Durham NC, US
Colin Kelemen - Wilmington NC, US
Theodore J. Mosler - Raleigh NC, US
Scott P. Jarnagin - Raleigh NC, US
Todd M. Korogi - Raleigh NC, US
Brian J. Peters - Raleigh NC, US

Assignee:

Ultrasound Ventures, LLC - Durham NC

International Classification:

A61B 8/14

US Classification:

600461, 600437, 600439, 600459, 600464

Abstract:

A compact ultrasound needle guidance system and method of use is described. The needle guidance system has components to adjustably target a needle's destination in the plane of a two-dimensional ultrasound image before insertion of a needle into a patient. Needle movement is tracked using a position detector that provides a visual display of the needle path on the ultrasonic image.

US Patent:

20220332060, Oct 20, 2022

Filed:

Mar 23, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/701849

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Byron James Autry - Charleston SC, US
Santiago M. Mejia - Frazier Park CA, US
Brian T. Peters - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Brian S. Carpenter - Summerville SC, US

Assignee:

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B29C 70/34
B29C 70/54

Abstract:

An apparatus for processing a composite structure includes a mandrel that includes a tooling surface and vacuum bagging that includes an elastomeric membrane and a bagging surface. The apparatus also includes a surface interface formed between the mandrel and the elastomeric membrane. The surface interface includes a suction channel formed in at least one of the tooling surface of the mandrel and the bagging surface of the elastomeric membrane. The elastomeric membrane is configured to be sealed to the mandrel along the suction channel in response to a vacuum applied to the suction channel.

US Patent:

20220194547, Jun 23, 2022

Filed:

Sep 21, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/480880

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Byron James Autry - Charleston SC, US
James R. Kendall - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Samuel James Knutson - Charleston SC, US
Brian T. Peters - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Michael J. Bailey - Summerville SC, US
Matthew S. Stauffer - Summerville SC, US
Steven Wanthal - Summerville SC, US
Santiago M. Mejia - Charleston SC, US
Sara Murphy - Madison AL, US

International Classification:

B64C 1/06
B64F 5/10
B64C 1/12

Abstract:

Systems and methods are provided for splicing airframe components. One embodiment is a method for assembling an airframe of an aircraft. The method includes forming a first skin of a first circumferential section of fuselage, the first skin including a distal portion comprising a lip and a shoulder, aligning a second skin of a second circumferential section of fuselage with the shoulder such that the lip overlaps the second skin, and affixing the first skin and the second skin together via a circumferential splice.

US Patent:

20230038516, Feb 9, 2023

Filed:

Aug 6, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/395924

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Brian Timothy Peters - Mount Pleasant SC, US

International Classification:

B23Q 1/26

Abstract:

A system to adjust extension lengths of slats of a work platform relative to a workpiece includes sensors to collect first data associated with a position of an outer surface of the workpiece at a height of the slats. The system includes actuators configured to extend or retract the slats. The system also includes a controller coupled to the sensors and to the actuators. The controller is configured to receive the first data and second data associated with rotation of the workpiece. The controller is configured to provide signals to the actuators of the work platform based on the first data and the second data. The signals cause the actuators to adjust or maintain extension lengths of the slats of the work platform to maintain separation distances between ends of the slats and the outer surface of the workpiece within a separation distance range as the workpiece rotates.

US Patent:

20200361161, Nov 19, 2020

Filed:

May 17, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/415952

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Brian Timothy Peters - North Charleston SC, US
Raviendra Suriyaarachchi - Ladson SC, US
James R. Kendall - Mount Pleasant SC, US
Paul D. Shaw - Charleston SC, US

International Classification:

B29C 70/32
B64C 1/06

Abstract:

A carrier film set configured to apply a number of stiffener assemblies to a layup mandrel, the carrier film set comprising: a number of alignment features configured to align the carrier film set relative to the layup mandrel; and a number of indexing features configured to index the number of stiffener assemblies onto the carrier film set.

US Patent:

20200331634, Oct 22, 2020

Filed:

Apr 18, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/388791

Inventors:

- Chicago IL, US
Brian Timothy Peters - North Charleston SC, US
Brian Bentley Reid - Charleston SC, US
Byron James Autry - North Charleston SC, US
Raviendra Suriyaarachchi - Ladson SC, US
James R. Kendall - Mount Pleasant SC, US

International Classification:

B64F 5/10
B29C 70/34
B29C 70/44

Abstract:

A method of fabricating a composite structure is presented. The method comprises laying up a plurality of composite plies over a layup mandrel; positioning a first caul plate and a second caul plate over the plurality of composite plies, leaving composite material exposed; removing at least part of the composite material exposed between the first caul plate and the second caul plate to separate a first composite section from a second composite section; curing the first composite section and the second composite section to form a first composite part and a second composite part; and removing the first composite part and the second composite part from the layup mandrel immediately following curing.