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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael Robert Anderson, Renton, WA (US);
Jeffrey H. Olberg, Federal Way, WA (US);
Ryan Christopher Lucas, Roy, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus including a robotically controlled end effector having a compliant nosepiece that forms plies of a material onto contoured surfaces of a tool. The end effector includes a plurality of individually controllable rotary actuators which respectively control the position and compliancy of individual sections of the nosepiece in order to better conform the plies the contoured tool surfaces.