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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey Michael Hansen, Moses Lake, WA (US);
Brenda Brigette Nolan, Moses Lake, WA (US);
Dallas Owen Thornton, Moses Lake, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A debris collection assembly includes a jig and an adapter insert. The jig includes a front wall and a back wall opposite the front wall. The front wall defines an aperture therethrough. The back wall defines an adapter opening that aligns with the aperture. The jig includes a vacuum port and defines an interior cavity that fluidly connects the aperture, the adapter opening, and the vacuum port. The adapter insert is removably loaded through the adapter opening into the interior cavity of the jig. The adapter insert defines an orifice sized to receive a drill bit and allow the drill bit to extend through the aperture in the front wall to drill into a work piece. Negative pressure at the vacuum port draws airflow through the interior cavity and captures debris generated from drilling.