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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Edward Greene, Charleston, SC (US);
Stephanie Metting, Seattle, WA (US);
Jason Drexler, Edmonds, WA (US);
Lloyd Layton Womack, II, Kirkland, WA (US);
Anilegna Nunez Abreu, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41J 2/01 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04503 (2013.01); B41J 2/01 (2013.01); B41J 2/04586 (2013.01); B41J 3/4073 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system include controlling, by a control unit, a printer to form one or more tactile features on a surface of a component. Said controlling includes varying a speed of a print head of the printer to vary one or more attributes of the one or more tactile features. In at least one example, said varying the speed includes varying the speed of the print head of the printer during a single pass of the print head in relation to the surface of the component.