The Boeing Company

Nicole Renee Williams

Daniel David Bloch

Eric E Moyes

Camille Doristine Carter

Randall Dow Wilkerson

Brett Ian Lyons

Daniel Joseph Braley

Eric Eldon Deck

Samuel Joseph Easley

Andrew Lawrence Bauer

Zachary L Green

Scott E Martin

Thomas Joseph Gonze

Trevor E Tucker

Gregory J S Hickman

Garrett B Peters

Janet Mary Wick

Multifunction end effector apparatus and methods for assembling thermoplastic composite articles are disclosed. An example apparatus for assembling a thermoplastic composite article includes a robot and an end effector coupled to the robot. The end effector includes a cutting head, a vacuum head, and a welding head.

Multifunction end effector apparatus and methods for assembling thermoplastic composite articles

Core structures () for composite panels () of an aircraft (), composite panels () and aircraft () including the core structures (), and methods () of manufacturing the composite panels () are disclosed herein. The core structures () include a first side (), a second side (), and a connecting region () that interconnects an upper portion () of the first side () with an upper portion () of the second side (). The first side (), the second side (), and the connecting region () at least partially define an antenna housing (), which defines a housing volume () configured to contain an aircraft antenna () of the aircraft (), and an electromagnetic wave transmission region () configured to permit electromagnetic waves to pass therethrough. The electromagnetic wave transmission region () defines a plurality of kite-shaped voids () arranged in a repeating pattern and bounded by a corresponding plurality of walls (), at least 10% of which extends at least substantially perpendicular to a surface () that bounds the electromagnetic wave transmission region ().

Core structures for composite panels of an aircraft, composite panels and aircraft including the core structures, and methods of manufacturing the composite panels

A vacuum table for securing a sheet of material. The vacuum table includes a top plate that is porous, a perimeter vacuum chamber disposed beneath a perimeter of the top plate, and interior vacuum chambers bound by the perimeter vacuum chamber and disposed beneath a target area of the top plate that is inside the perimeter of the top plate.

Vacuum table with individual vacuum chambers

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O'Fallon, MO, United States of America

Nicole Renee Williams