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Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2018
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Kwok Tung Chan, Seattle, WA (US);

Tanni Sisco, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Eric M. Reid, Kenmore, WA (US);

Jeffrey Martin Devlin, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 15/28 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B25J 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B25J 5/02 (2013.01); Y10S 901/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for installing a flexible track system is presented. At least one of a number of heights or a number of angles is selected for a variable height base system that connects a base attaching system and flexible tracks in the flexible track system to each other, wherein at least one of the number of heights or the number of angles for the variable height base system maintains at least one of a desired distance between the flexible tracks and a surface of a structure to which the base attaching system is attached to the flexible tracks in the flexible track system matching a contour of the surface of the structure. The flexible track system is attached to the surface of the structure.


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