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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:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence S Lindgren, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott W. Lea, Renton, WA (US);
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B29C 73/06 (2006.01); B29C 73/24 (2006.01); B29C 73/26 (2006.01); G05B 19/401 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29C 73/06 (2013.01); B29C 73/24 (2013.10); B29C 73/26 (2013.01); B29C 2073/264 (2013.01); G05B 19/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of removing an out-of-tolerance area in a composite structure may comprise determining a location of the out-of-tolerance area within the composite structure, and selecting a volume of the composite structure to be removed based on the location of the out-of-tolerance area. The method may further include programming a machine tool to remove the volume and to pause after removal of each one of a quantity of layers of the volume. The method may additionally include removing one of the layers using the machine tool.