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Daniel R. Smith — 50 Patents

The Boeing: 49 patents #56 of 15,756Top 1%
STSeagate Technology: 1 patents #4,617 of 4,701Top 100%
Woodinville, WA: #41 of 1,504 inventorsTop 3%
Washington: #1,113 of 76,902 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #53,743 of 4,157,543Top 2%
50 Patents All Time
Daniel R. Smith has been granted 50 US patents while listed as an inventor at The Boeing. The first was granted in 2004 and the most recent in July 2025. Daniel R. Smith ranks #53,743 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.3%). Patent records list Daniel R. Smith in Woodinville, WA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 50 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12350776 Composite assembly for unhardened fuselage components Darrell D. Jones, Paul T. Pritchard, Jason A. Medenciy, Stephen Keith Kirchmeier, Kurtis S. Willden +5 more 2025-07-08
12319398 Fabrication of multi-segment spars Darrell D. Jones, Carlos Walker, Kurtis S. Willden, Hiteshkumar M. Patel, Jacob E. Koopmans +6 more 2025-06-03
12319015 Zonal lamination for composite parts in a moving line Darrell D. Jones, Michael K. Louie, Richard A. Miller, Jordan S. Erickson 2025-06-03
12304660 Contour enforcement for line assembled fuselage segments Darrell D. Jones 2025-05-20
12296984 Assembly line fabrication and assembly of aircraft wings Darrell D. Jones 2025-05-13
12259362 Non-destructive inspection station for aircraft fuselage sections fabricated in an assembly line Darrell D. Jones, Barry A. Fetzer, Jeremy Evan Justice, James C. Kennedy 2025-03-25
12252271 Methods and systems for assembly and installation of airframe crown modules Darrell D. Jones, Jeremy Evan Justice 2025-03-18
12246852 Frame installation station for aircraft fuselage segments Darrell D. Jones, Farahnaz Sisco, Kwok Tung Chan, Riley HansonSmith 2025-03-11
12202164 Edge trimming for moving-line fabrication of aircraft Darrell D. Jones 2025-01-21
12194651 Cut-out processes for moving-line structure assembly Darrell D. Jones, Monte D. Wright 2025-01-14
12195201 Composite preform assembly method and apparatus Jeremy Evan Justice 2025-01-14
12187457 Assembly line fabrication and assembly of aircraft wings Darrell D. Jones 2025-01-07
12151831 Fabrication of curved composite preforms for aircraft via assembly lines 2024-11-26 $89,042,000
12097973 Composite wing panels and fabrication method Darrell D. Jones 2024-09-24 $32,984,000
12091196 Systems and methods for manufacturing aircraft Jeremy Evan Justice, Darrell D. Jones 2024-09-17 $37,810,000
12077319 Fabrication line, systems, and methods for fuselage sections Darrell D. Jones, Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi, Robert William Whiting, Jeremy Evan Justice 2024-09-03 $59,691,000
12049330 Methods and systems for assembly and installation of airframe floor grids Darrell D. Jones, Jeremy Evan Justice 2024-07-30 $62,748,000
11951658 Systems and methods for forming composite members Scott Krajca, Darrell D. Jones, Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Kurtis S. Willden, Long Ly +1 more 2024-04-09 $31,535,000
11926435 Indexing for airframes undergoing pulsed-line assembly Darrell D. Jones, Frederick M. Swanstrom 2024-03-12 $43,577,000
11919661 Assembly line fabrication and assembly of aircraft wings Darrell D. Jones 2024-03-05 $45,773,000
11905038 Contour enforcement for line assembled fuselage segments Darrell D. Jones 2024-02-20 $37,427,000
11904538 Systems and methods for simultaneously manufacturing a plurality of objects Darrell D. Jones, Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi 2024-02-20 $37,427,000
11897210 Caul plate system for aircraft fabrication Darrell D. Jones, Byron James Autry, James R. Kendall, Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi 2024-02-13 $33,660,000
11891193 Assembly line fabrication and assembly of aircraft wings Darrell D. Jones 2024-02-06 $92,593,000
11886173 Continuous-line manufacturing system and method for automated machine allocation Michael K. Louie, Jordan S. Erickson 2024-01-30 $32,708,000