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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew B. Moore, Edmonds, WA (US);
Patrick B. Stone, Monroe, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 5/14 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 5/14 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for handling a composite workpiece includes a work cell and a plurality of workpiece holders to hold a composite workpiece in the work cell. Each one of the plurality of workpiece holders is selectively controlled to index the composite workpiece in the work cell and to conform the composite workpiece to an as-built shape of the composite workpiece.