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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Applicant:
Richard B. Evans, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Inventor:
Richard B. Evans, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 7/08 (2006.01); B26D 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cutting system includes a cutting assembly and an anvil. The cutting assembly includes an ultrasonic cutting tool having a stylus with a tip and an actuator to move the tip along a path. The path is oriented in a transverse manner relative to movement of a backed ply material. The anvil includes a rigid base for securing the anvil to the cutting assembly and a surface coinciding with the path. The system is configured to drive the tip into the surface and draw the tip along the path to generate a groove disposed upon the surface. The groove being in cooperative alignment with the tip.