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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Luke Fletcher, Yarraville, AU;
Ashleigh Raoul Nesbit, Williamstown, AU;
Dominic Wierzbicki, Melbourne, AU;
Richard Bain, Hawthorn, AU;
Andrew Klimovski, Melbourne, AU;
Peter Nathan Steele, Melbourne, AU;
Martin Szarski, Canterbury, AU;
Peter Lockett, Melbourne, AU;
Manning Scarfe, Ascot Vale, AU;
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for drawing a flexible sleeve over an elongated mandrel includes placing a ring within a lumen of the sleeve. A first end of the sleeve is fixed against movement relative to a first end of the mandrel. A first end portion of the sleeve is inverted over a first end portion of the mandrel so as to define a circumferential cuff in the sleeve, and the ring is positioned concentrically within the circumferential cuff. Using, e.g., a magnet, the ring is then urged longitudinally along the mandrel and toward an opposite, second end thereof, such that the sleeve is inverted over at least an outer surface of the mandrel.