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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2003
Bryan G. Dods, Ballwin, MO (US);
John Macke, St. Charles, MO (US);
James Morrison, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Robert W. Scott, St. Charles, MO (US);
Bryan G. Dods, Ballwin, MO (US);
John Macke, St. Charles, MO (US);
James Morrison, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Robert W. Scott, St. Charles, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A drill template includes a vacuum housing with a skirt having a CAD-formed contact surface formed to an exact fit with a mold line surface of a structure. The drill template includes at least one drill guide bushing extending through the vacuum housing from a top surface to an interior surface of the vacuum housing; a vacuum port integral to the vacuum housing; and at least one index hole for positioning and aligning the vacuum housing on the structure. Index holes extend from the top surface through to the CAD-formed contact surface of the vacuum housing. A CAD-formed edge of part locator is formed according to a CAD solid model of the aircraft fuselage and fits to a precise location of the structure for precisely positioning the template on the structure. A vacuum port provides vacuum to the interior of the vacuum housing for removing drilling debris and dust.