Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.

Todd Brian Jaramillo

John Robert Dye, Iii

Matthew Ryan Schroeder

John Adam Price

Kaleb Aaron Kimball

Kendall Ford Koerner

Allison Jean Wright

Alexis Winkle

Adrian Schrage

Kaelan Cordell Roberts

Chelsea Sewell

A system and method for drilling a hole in a vehicle structure and installing a fastener in the hole. A drill plate having openings and associated machine-readable elements is positioned on the structure. A drill gun is positioned in a particular opening and reads hole information from the associated element, and a computer determines whether the drill gun is properly set-up to drill the hole. A fastener insertion gun is positioned in the particular opening and reads fastener information from the element, and the computer determines whether the hole has been drilled and, if so, whether the fastener insertion gun is properly set-up to insert the fastener. A fastener delivery subsystem stores, tracks, and delivers fasteners to the fastener insertion gun. A system computer monitors the drilling of every hole, the insertion of every fastener, and the overall operation of the fastener delivery subsystem.

System and method for drilling holes and installing fasteners in vehicle structures

A foreign object debris (FOD) collection drill attachment for attaching to a drill includes with a drill guide bushing holder, a chip breaker bushing, an air supply line, a chip evacuation line, a chip collection hopper, and an air manifold. The drill guide bushing holder includes an inlet channel receiving air from the air supply line, an outlet channel, and a holder center channel. The inlet channel and the outlet channel each open into the holder center channel through which an end protrusion of the chip breaker bushing extends to break up FOD on a drill bit of the drill. The cross-sectional area of the inlet channel is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the outlet channel, creating a Venturi effect between the inlet channel and the outlet channel to pull FOD away from the drill bit and through the chip evacuation line to the chip collection hopper.

Pneumatic drill system and foreign object debris collection drill attachment

Fastener insertion gun for installing fasteners in vehicle structures

A modular floor system with an integral utility for temporary installation in an unfinished aircraft fuselage to facilitate construction. The system includes multiple floor modules, each including a catch pan defining a pan volume, a grid top surface supported on the catch pan over the pan volume, and a utility manifold carrying a utility across the module and to the next module. The modules may be sized and shaped to conform to different installation locations within the vehicle body. The grid top surface is openable to access the pan volume to remove debris or items. Adjacent modules are coupled together with connectors. The utility may be vacuum, air, electricity, or water, and one manifold may carry air and another manifold may carry vacuum. A fixture may be connected to the vacuum manifold and receive an end of a drill so as to remove debris resulting from operation of the drill.

Modular floor system for large vehicle construction

An inspection apparatus and method for inspecting an inner surface of a hollow composite part. The inspection apparatus may have a support frame, at least one transducer attached to the support frame, an ultrasound gel pad attached to an outer surface of the transducer, and a sponge attached to the support frame. The transducer may send and receive ultrasound waves and the sponge may be positioned to leave a trail of water when moved along the inner surface of the hollow composite part, such that the water rests between the ultrasound gel pad and the inner surface once the inspection apparatus reaches a location to be inspected. The ultrasound waves may thus be transmitted through the ultrasound gel pad and then through the water before bouncing off of the inner surface of the hollow composite part. The ultrasound waves bounced off of the inner surface may be detected by the transducer and analyzed to determine if there is a defect in the composite part.

Self-propelled, reduced-water, internal non-destructive inspection apparatus

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

Todd Brian Jaramillo