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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Craig F. Battles, Seattle, WA (US);
Gregg W. Podnar, Seattle, WA (US);
Kurt Webster, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/402 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35339 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45067 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic tool is positioned relative to a feature of a component during a manufacturing process. The tool may be used to perform a manufacturing operation on the component. The tool is also be used to dispose a fiducial mark with a known registration to the feature, even if the feature is subsequently obscured. The position of tools for subsequent manufacturing operations are then set relative to the fiducial mark.