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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2013
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Daniel M. Rotter, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Brian G. Robins, Renton, WA (US);
Kurtis S. Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Stephen Lee Metschan, Black Diamond, WA (US);
Brad Andrew Coxon, Everett, WA (US);
Stephen Keith Kirchmeier, Bothell, WA (US);
Joseph D. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Tools for forming a corrugated structure from a pliable blank include a plurality of forming blocks that laterally move relative to each other, a compaction mechanism configured to selectively conform the pliable blank to the forming blocks, and a block translating mechanism configured to reconfigure the tool from a pre-formed configuration to a post-formed configuration, in which the forming blocks are positioned closer together than when the tool is in the pre-formed configuration. Associated systems, methods, and apparatuses also are disclosed herein.