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Patent No.:

US 10737316 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2018

Mobile platforms for performing operations along an exterior of a fuselage assembly

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Harinder S. Oberoi, Snohomish, WA (US);

Richard Griffith Reese, IV, Seattle, WA (US);

Kevin Marion Barrick, Kingston, WA (US);

Quang T. Do, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Jeffrey Lawrence Miller, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Vanco Stojanoski, Macomb, MI (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Tyler D Paige

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B25J 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B23P 19/10 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/12 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B21J 15/10 (2006.01); B21J 15/14 (2006.01); B60G 3/14 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 19/06 (2006.01); B21J 15/32 (2006.01); B21J 15/40 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B25B 5/16 (2006.01); B29C 39/12 (2006.01); B29C 39/22 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 39/02 (2006.01); B29C 39/10 (2006.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B60P 3/025 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/28 (2013.01); B21J 15/02 (2013.01); B21J 15/10 (2013.01); B21J 15/142 (2013.01); B21J 15/32 (2013.01); B21J 15/40 (2013.01); B23P 19/10 (2013.01); B25B 5/163 (2013.01); B25J 5/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 11/007 (2013.01); B29C 39/026 (2013.01); B29C 39/10 (2013.01); B29C 39/123 (2013.01); B29C 39/22 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B60G 3/145 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/008 (2013.01); B64C 1/06 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); F16B 19/06 (2013.01); G05B 19/41805 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 3/12 (2013.01); B23P 21/002 (2013.01); B23P 2700/00 (2013.01); B23P 2700/01 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14368 (2013.01); B29C 2793/0081 (2013.01); B29K 2715/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/748 (2013.01); B60G 2204/143 (2013.01); B60G 2204/418 (2013.01); B60G 2206/8207 (2013.01); B60G 2300/60 (2013.01); B60P 3/025 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45071 (2013.01); Y02P 90/86 (2015.11); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01); Y10S 901/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for performing an assembly operation. A tool may be macro-positioned relative to an exterior of a fuselage assembly. The tool may be micro-positioned relative to a particular location on the exterior of the fuselage assembly. An end effector is removably associated with an external robotic device associated with an external mobile platform. The tool is removably associated with the end effector. An assembly operation may be performed at the particular location on the panel using the tool.

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