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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Eric Carlton Anderson, North Charleston, SC (US);
Allen James Halbritter, Charleston, SC (US);
Daniel Johnson, Charleston, SC (US);
Adam Lee, Moncks Corner, SC (US);
Luis Velasquez, Charleston, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for compacting objects onto tools. One embodiment is a method for compacting an object onto a rigid tool. The method includes placing an object onto a surface of a rigid tool, disposing an end effector over the object, spreading linkages of the end effector, causing a scroll of material between the linkages to be disposed atop the object while surrounding the object, and applying a negative pressure to the scroll that offsets air leaks between the scroll and the object, thereby forming a suction hold that compacts the object onto the rigid tool.