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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:
Jun. 25, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Michael R. Chapman, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/20 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/203 (2013.01); B29C 70/34 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided. A composite charge is positioned onto lower plates of a plurality of placement end effectors. Upper plates of the plurality of placement end effectors are rotated along a first axis to cover the composite charge. The composite charge is contoured to a tool using the plurality of placement end effectors to form a contoured composite charge. The contoured composite charge is compacted using a roller.