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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Batzakis, West Melbourne, AU;
Steven W. Mathisen, Geelong, AU;
Christian Scheffler, Seaford, AU;
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B30B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 37/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B30B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Auto-aligning vacuum presses, that include a mobile assembly with a first platen, a vacuum docking station with a second platen, a first locating device to guide the mobile assembly to a desired location along the Y-axis as the mobile assembly moves along the X-axis into the vacuum station, and a second locating device to guide one of the first and second platens along the Z-axis into sealing engagement with the other platen.