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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2024
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Young Ahn, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Robert Brown, Seattle, WA (US);
Karina Elizabeth Mealey, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Ricardo Andreas Fritzke, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alexander K. Strait, Seattle, WA (US);
Colin Noronha, Burien, WA (US);
Kurtis Shuldberg Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A forming end effector and methods of use are presented. Methods of forming a composite material onto a mandrel are presented. A forming end effector carrying the composite material is positioned over the mandrel. The forming end effector is connected to the mandrel. The composite material is swept onto the mandrel using sweepers of the forming end effector.