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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2009
James B. Castle, St. Charles, MO (US);
Christopher S. Huskamp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin G. Waymack, Hazelwood, MO (US);
James B. Castle, St. Charles, MO (US);
Christopher S. Huskamp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin G. Waymack, Hazelwood, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a platform, a stylus, and an ultrasonic energy generation system. The platform may be capable of holding a sheet of material. The stylus may be capable of impinging the sheet of material to incrementally form a shape for a part. The ultrasonic energy generation system may be capable of sending ultrasonic energy into at least a portion of the sheet of material in a location on the sheet of material where the stylus impinges the sheet of material.