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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Andrew Bolton, Newalla, OK (US);
Keith Daniel Humfeld, Federal Way, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/361 (2014.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/40 (2014.01); B23K 101/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 7/0042 (2013.01); A47L 7/0076 (2013.01); B23K 26/361 (2015.10); B23K 26/40 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01); B23K 2101/35 (2018.08);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for the selective and controlled removal of debris from specific areas of a substrate outer surface without adversely impacting the substrate outer surface, including substrate outer surface coatings, and returning an actual substrate outer surface profile containing affixed debris to a predetermined substrate outer surface profile by comparing a library of predetermined profiles to an actual substrate outer surface profile in real time.