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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Mtm Robotics Llc, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Eric Pospisil, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Manny Leyden, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Michael Gary Woogerd, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Chace Howard Fadlovich, Mukilteo, WA (US);
MTM Robotics, LLC, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Abstract
An automated manufacturing system that includes a self-contained through-skin sensor for determining the location of an underlying aperture in a support structure suited to mount a skin or surface. In an embodiment, the sensor includes a sensor disposed in a housing and configured to determine a location of an aperture disposed in an adjacent surface through electromagnetic, x-ray, ultrasonic or other means. The sensor further includes an alignment assembly having an alignment orifice disposed in the housing and configured to be maneuvered in an x-y plane within the housing. The sensor also includes a vacuum pump system, a local battery and a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to control first and second actuators to maneuver the alignment orifice within the x-y plane to be co-axially located with the aperture in response to the sensor signal.