公开(公告)号：US20210361793A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17039011

申请日：2020-09-30

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress

IPC: A61L2/10

Abstract: A sanitizing head includes a housing and multiple range light sources. The housing retains an ultraviolet (UV) lamp, and UV light emitted from the UV lamp exits through a front end of the housing. The range light sources are secured to the housing and arranged in one or more pairs. The range light sources in each pair of the one or more pairs are oriented relative to each other to emit respective light beams that converge at a predetermined distance in front of the UV lamp.

公开(公告)号：US20210128764A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-06

申请号：US17144222

申请日：2021-01-08

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress ,  Teresa A. King

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  B64D11/02 ,  A61L2/24

Abstract: An ultraviolet (UV) light sanitizing system and method are configured to sanitize at least one surface within an enclosed space. The UV light sanitizing system includes a UV light assembly that is selectively moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The UV light assembly is stowed within a stowage chamber connected to the enclosed space in the stowed position. The UV light assembly deploys out of the stowage chamber and into the enclosed space in the deployed position.

公开(公告)号：US10994760B2

公开(公告)日：2021-05-04

申请号：US15985316

申请日：2018-05-21

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress

IPC: B62B3/00 ,  B62B3/10 ,  B62B5/00 ,  B64D11/00 ,  B65F3/00

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for a convertible service and recycling cart for food and beverage service and waste sorting, compaction and storage are disclosed. An example cart apparatus includes a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall each coupled to the base and a top support coupled to the first sidewall and the second sidewall. At least one opening is defined in the top support and a lid is removably coupled to the top support. The apparatus also includes at least one container that is configured to be removably coupled to the at least one opening in the top support.

公开(公告)号：US20190105415A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US15726595

申请日：2017-10-06

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Adam Franklin Gross ,  Shanying Cui ,  Brian Wayne Neff ,  Kevin Geary ,  Andrew C. Keefe ,  Randolph C. Camp, III ,  Kevin S. Callahan ,  Jamie J. Childress

IPC: A61L2/10 ,  F21V7/05

Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a light source, such as an ultraviolet (UV) light source that is configured to emit UVC light, and a reflector system including a base having an internal central crest that is configured to direct emitted light away from the light source.

公开(公告)号：US20180369440A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15633869

申请日：2017-06-27

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Rovelyn T. Dytioco ,  Jeffrey H. Hunt ,  Karen L. Hills ,  Jamie J. Childress

IPC: A61L2/28 ,  B64D11/02 ,  A61L2/10

Abstract: A cleanliness indication system and a method that indicate that a surface of a component is clean. The cleanliness indication system and method include a photoluminescent indicator that is configured to be on the surface of the component. The photoluminescent indicator is configured to be exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light during a UV light sanitizing cycle. The photoluminescent indicator emits light due to exposure to the UV light. The photoluminescent indicator indicates that the surface of the component is clean by emitting the light due to exposure to the UV light.

公开(公告)号：US20170211554A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-27

申请号：US15004818

申请日：2016-01-22

Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress ,  Thomas L. Kessler

IPC: F03H1/00 ,  B64G1/40

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for a structural propellant for ion rockets (SPIR) are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, a method for in-space propulsion of a spacecraft involves removing, by a removal device, a portion of a structure of the spacecraft. The method further involves feeding, by the removal device, the portion into a Hall thruster system. Further, the method involves utilizing, by the Hall thruster system, the portion as propellant to produce thrust. In one or more embodiments, the structure is an upper stage of the spacecraft. In at least one embodiment, the upper stage comprises at least one structural support and/or at least one upper stage housing. In some embodiments, the structure is manufactured from magnesium, bismuth, zinc, and/or indium.

公开(公告)号：US20170120997A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14929561

申请日：2015-11-02

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Jamie J. Childress ,  Marci A. George ,  Paul L. Wynns ,  Kurt A. Matthews ,  John J. Fagan, JR. ,  Egan Greenstein

IPC: B63G8/14 ,  B64D17/00 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B64D1/02

CPC classification number: B63G8/14 ,  B63B21/48 ,  B63B22/003 ,  B63B22/18 ,  B64D1/02 ,  B64D17/00

Abstract: A method for deploying a payload into a body of water using a deployment vessel, the deployment vessel including a hull defining a payload compartment, the method including positioning the payload in the payload compartment of the deployment vessel, the deployment vessel and the payload having a buoyancy, wherein the buoyancy is initially negative, deploying the deployment vessel into the water at a drop zone, wherein the deployment vessel moves horizontally through the water as it submerges vertically downward under a force of gravity, changing the buoyancy to positive after a minimum horizontal distance is established between the drop zone and the deployment vessel, thereby causing the deployment vessel to surface and, after the surfacing of the deployment vessel, opening the hull to release the payload therefrom.