Quantum Pixel Fixation

In September of 2007 I spent a week in Japan working on a redesign of the 787 lavatory handle assembly. It was somewhat of a whirlwind trip, working more than 80 jet-lagged hours in 6 days. I spent the week in a conference room filled with Boeing and Jamco managers, with my laptop connected to a projector and worked on the redesign while everyone watched. Working under such crazy deadlines is never fun, but doing it while a group of people look over your shoulder is a whole new level of excitement! In the end, it turned out pretty well; I was able to visit Tokyo, and ended up receiving a U.S. patent for the handle assembly.

I'd like to say that my first patent was for something more exciting than a door handle, but hey, I'll take what I can get. The patent is assigned to Boeing, since, per contract, everything Teague does for them is technically their property, but I'm listed as an "inventor". I always wanted to be an inventor when I grew up...



You can check it out here. US Patent No. D577984 S

Over the past year or so I've been working on the interior for Boeing's new airplane, the 747-8. It has been a lot of hard work and too many late nights, but the project is wrapping up and I thought I'd post a few images of the new interior. These images were taken from Boeing's website (newairplane.com) and don't show a lot of detail because the exact specs of the interior are still proprietary. What you see are digital renderings of our preliminary interior surfaces, not actual photographs, since the plane hasn't actually been built yet.

Door 2 Looking Aft - Stairway to Upper-Deck

Zone-A - Premium Class $$$
(Fittingly the "Snootiest" passengers get to sit in the "nose" of the plane.)


Main-Cabin - Looking Aft
(Notice the vertical space - I'll be able to stand in the center without my head hitting the bins.)


Another view looking aft at the door 2 entry.
(Business Class Seats.)