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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:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Roger W. Engelbart, St. Louis, MO (US);
Reed Hannebaum, Belleville, IL (US);
Eric Rector, Saint Charles, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01C 11/04 (2006.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 70/38 (2013.01); G01B 11/00 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G01C 11/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system comprises a laser projector, an automated material placement head, and a laser inspection system. The laser projector is configured to project boundary projection line onto a part. The automated material placement head is configured to lay down a course of composite material. The laser inspection system is connected to the automated material placement head and configured to project a laser beam into a laser line parallel to the motion of the automated material placement head in laying the composite material.