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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2021
Laser system and methods for containing a laser beam and manufacturing a laser containment apparatus
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Lisa Cardon, Lake Tapps, WA (US);
Matthew Carl Johnson, Auburn, WA (US);
Matthew W. Smith, Puyallup, WA (US);
Marc James Froning, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A laser system includes a controller, a laser source, a laser scanner, and a laser containment apparatus. The laser containment apparatus includes a mounting structure for the laser scanner, a shroud assembly coupled to the mounting structure, and a seal interface coupled to the shroud assembly at an opposite end from the laser scanner. The shroud assembly surrounds a working volume of the laser scanner and includes a vacuum port connected to a vacuum source and a purge port that guides purge gas from a purge gas source toward the laser scanner. A distal end of the seal interface is formed of a pliable material that compresses to seal the shroud assembly to a target surface of a workpiece upon establishment of a negative pressure differential between a vacuum pressure inside the shroud assembly and ambient atmospheric pressure.