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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
James N. Buttrick, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Theodore Boyl-davis, Snohomish, WA (US);
Roger Gage, Marysville, WA (US);
Laurance N. Hazlehurst, Seattle, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
James N. Buttrick, Jr., Seattle, WA (US);
Theodore Boyl-Davis, Snohomish, WA (US);
Roger Gage, Marysville, WA (US);
Laurance N. Hazlehurst, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vacuum cup assembly includes a housing having a vacuum generator formed therein, and a compliant sealing member coupled to the housing. The vacuum generator is coupleable to a source of pressurized fluid and is adapted to generate a reduced pressure region. The sealing member forms an enclosable region in fluid communication with the reduced pressure region. In another embodiment, a method of performing a manufacturing operation includes installing a coordinating pin into an indexing hole, the coordinating pin including a quantum of indexing information. The quantum of indexing information is sensed, and a manufacturing operation is performed based at least partially on the quantum of indexing information.