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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jared L. Bolin, Millstadt, IL (US);
Christopher Tyler, Saint Peters, MO (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64C 2001/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes providing a frame sheet. The method also includes elevating a temperature of the frame sheet to at or above an elevated target temperature. Further the method includes, at or above the elevated target temperature, forming the frame sheet to provide a frame defining a web and at least one flange. Also, the method includes machining at least one of the web or the at least one flange to reduce a thickness of the at least one of the web or the at least on flange.