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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Cory Clawson Cunningham, Auburn, WA (US);
Troy Allan Haworth, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/62 (2006.01); G01N 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/02 (2013.01); G01N 3/62 (2013.01);
Abstract
A manufacturing method that includes fabricating a component using an additive manufacturing process, and fabricating a coupon using the additive manufacturing process. The coupon includes a main portion and a grip portion. Fabrication of the coupon includes fabricating the main portion concurrently with the fabrication of the component, fabricating the grip portion dissociatedly from the fabrication of the component, and coupling a first end of the main portion with the grip portion to form the coupon.