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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Alexander Keith Strait, Seattle, WA (US);
Andreas Bartl, Munich, DE;
Seth Albert Yakel, Seattle, WA (US);
Kwok-Tung Chan, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Donald Joe Best, III, Stanwood, WA (US);
Victor Singh, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a control unit configured to receive one or more force signals from one or more force sensors coupled to one or both of a tool or an end effector. The one or more force signals are indicative of one or more forces exerted in relation to the tool or the end effector as the tool operates on one or more components to form an expanded hole. The control unit is further configured to compare the one or more forces in relation to force data associated with a reference expanded hole that is aligned with an alignment hole of the one or more components. The control unit is further configured to determine that the expanded hole caused a deformation when the one or more forces differ from the force data.