Martin R Grether

7051978, May 30, 2006

Mar 29, 2004

10/811771

Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
W. Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Gina C. Pischke - Mill Creek WA, US
Kelly L. Morgan - Renton WA, US
Paul R. Fortado - Everett WA, US
Todd Evan Jones - Lake Stevens WA, US
Douglas W. Hackett - Woodinville WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64C 1/20

2441181, 2441371, 410 52

Processes for positioning, securing, and repositioning payload assemblies onto floor assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a support structure having a plurality of elongated engagement members, each engagement member including an engagement surface adapted to support a load; forming an adaptable payload assembly that includes a payload member and at least one payload support coupled to the payload member, the payload support being adapted to transmit loads from the payload member to at least one engagement member, the payload support being moveable with the payload member relative to the support structure; and removeably coupling the payload support to at least one of the engagement surfaces of the engagement members. In an alternate embodiment, the engagement surfaces are at least one of approximately flush with and recessed below a lower surface of a panel supported by the support structure.

7063562, Jun 20, 2006

Aug 19, 2004

10/921553

James T Henley - Seattle WA, US
Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Martin Grether - Bothell WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

H01R 11/00

439502, 439 34

A cabling system and method for providing access to electrical power and/or data communications onboard a mobile platform is provided. A plurality of lower connectors are attached to a bottom side of a plurality of mobile platform floor panels. Each lower connector includes at least one lower connector coupling contact that is connected to a lower connector signal conduit. The lower connector signal conduits convey either electrical signals or data signals between each lower connector coupling contact and a signal source and/or a signal receiver. A plurality of upper connectors removably mate with the lower connectors. Each upper connector includes at least one upper connector coupling contact that removably couples with the lower connector coupling contact(s) of the mated lower connector. A plurality of upper connector signal conduits are connected to the upper connector coupling contacts and detachably connect to at least one user connection port and/or at least one seat electrical unit (SEU) accessible by a passenger seated in a passenger cabin of the mobile platform. Thus, a transmission path for the electrical and/or data signals is provided between the lower connectors and the user connection ports and/or the SEU's when the upper connectors are mated with the lower connectors.

7093797, Aug 22, 2006

Mar 29, 2004

10/811529

Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
W. Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64C 1/20

2441181, 2441186, 410 90

Apparatus and methods for beaming some or all payload component loads out to surrounding support structure and adaptably coupling payload assemblies to a support structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a payload assembly includes a payload member and at least one payload support. The payload member is adapted to be positioned proximate the support structure, and the at least one payload support is coupled to the payload member and is adapted to operatively engage at least one of the elongated supports of the support structure. The at least one payload support is further adapted to beam loads from the payload member to the at least one elongated support, and to be moveable with the payload member relative to the support structure. In one particular embodiment, the payload support includes an end portion adapted to engage with a top surface of the elongated support.

7195201, Mar 27, 2007

Mar 29, 2004

10/811787

Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
W. Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Gina C. Pischke - Mill Creek WA, US
Kelly L. Morgan - Renton WA, US
Paul R. Fortado - Everett WA, US
Todd Evan Jones - Lake Stevens WA, US
Douglas W. Hackett - Woodinville WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64C 1/20

2441181, 2441185, 410 52

Apparatus and methods for situating and securing payloads to support structures are disclosed. In one embodiment, an assembly includes a support structure, a floor assembly, and a payload assembly. The floor assembly includes a plurality of elongated engagement members coupled to the support structure, the engagement members being spaced apart and mostly parallel, each engagement member including an engagement surface. The payload assembly includes a payload component positioned proximate the floor assembly, and at least one payload support coupled to the payload component and engaged with at least some of the engagement members, the payload support being adapted to beam loads from the payload component to the floor assembly and being moveable with the payload component relative to the floor assembly.

7370832, May 13, 2008

Mar 29, 2004

10/811522

Walter Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
Douglas W. Hackett - Woodinville WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64D 11/06

2441186, 2441372, 248429

Apparatus and methods for coupling a payload to a support track are disclosed. In one embodiment, an interface assembly includes a base, a support arm, and a lug member. The base has a pair of clamp arms projecting outwardly therefrom. Each clamp arm is adapted to be disposed through an associated coupling aperture disposed in the engagement member. The clamp arms are moveable relative to the engagement member between an unsecured position in which the clamp arms are extractable from the coupling apertures, and a secured position wherein the clamp arms are not extractable from the coupling apertures. The support arm is coupled to the base and to a component (e. g. a payload). The lug member that locks the assembly in the secured position, is moveable between a first position wherein the clamp arms are positioned in the unsecured position, and a second position wherein the clamp arms are positioned in the secured position.

7413143, Aug 19, 2008

Jun 27, 2006

11/426848

Walter Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
Douglas W. Hackett - Woodinville WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64D 11/06

2441186, 2441372, 248429

Apparatus and methods for coupling a payload to a support track are disclosed. In one embodiment, an interface assembly includes a base, a support arm, and a lug member. The base has a pair of clamp arms projecting outwardly therefrom. Each clamp arm is adapted to be disposed through an associated coupling aperture disposed in the engagement member. The clamp arms are moveable relative to the engagement member between an unsecured position in which the clamp arms are extractable from the coupling apertures, and a secured position wherein the clamp arms are not extractable from the coupling apertures. The support arm is coupled to the base and to a component (e. g. a payload). The lug member that locks the assembly in the secured position is moveable between a first position wherein the clamp arms are positioned in the unsecured position, and a second position wherein the clamp arms are positioned in the secured position.

7506855, Mar 24, 2009

Mar 29, 2004

10/811528

Walter Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Gina C. Pischke - Lynnwood WA, US
Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Todd Evan Jones - Lake Stevens WA, US
Cory M. Hitchcock - Granite Falls WA, US
Paul R. Fortado - Everett WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

F16M 13/00
B64C 1/20

248424, 2485031, 2441186, 2441181, 410 90

Non-protruding seat track apparatus and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a track includes an elongated support having a support surface and an engagement surface. The support surface is adapted to engage a lower surface of a floor panel, and the engagement surface is adapted to be coupled to a payload assembly. The engagement surface is at least one of flush with and recessed below the lower surface of the floor panel when the support surface is engaged with the lower surface. The engagement surface may have at least one of an engagement slot and an attachment aperture disposed therein.

7607613, Oct 27, 2009

Jul 14, 2008

12/172849

Walter Forrest Frantz - North Bend WA, US
Martin R. Grether - Bothell WA, US
Raymond R. Reed - Sammamish WA, US
Douglas W. Hackett - Woodinville WA, US

The Boeing Company - Chicago IL

B64D 11/06

2441186, 248424, 248429

Apparatus for coupling a payload to a support track are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seat track configured for use with an interface assembly includes at least one elongated support. The seat track also includes an engagement member coupled to the elongated support and having a plurality of coupling apertures disposed therethrough. Each coupling aperture may be configured to receive at least one of a clamp arm and a fastener of the interface assembly and further configured to be engaged with the at least one of the clamp arm and the fastener in an unsecured position. The clamp arm may be extractable from the coupling aperture in a first position and may not be extractable from the coupling aperture in a second position.