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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
David Williamson Shahan, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Rashmi Sundareswara, Topanga, CA (US);
Tiffany Allison Stewart, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Russell Patrick Mott, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Andrew L. Bauer, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gwen Marie Lanphere Gross, Redmond, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product for detecting inconsistencies in an unconsolidated composite material. Fiber inconsistencies are detected in sections of the fibers input into a composite material manufacturing system in real time during operation of the composite material manufacturing system. Material inconsistencies are detected in the unconsolidated composite material in real time as the unconsolidated composite material is being manufactured by the composite material manufacturing system using the fibers. A determination is made as to whether the material inconsistencies are present in a number of the sections in which the fiber inconsistencies are detected in real time as the unconsolidated composite material is being manufactured by the composite material manufacturing system. The fiber inconsistencies in the number of the sections in which the fibers with fiber inconsistencies resulted in the material inconsistencies in the number of the sections in the unconsolidated composite material are tracked.