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Patent No.:

US 9533359 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2013

Drilling apparatus and method

Applicant:

Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;

Inventors:

Jonathan Michael Carberry, Lancashire, GB;

Austin James Cook, Lancashire, GB;

Assignee:

BAE Systems plc, London, GB;

Attorney:

Maine Cernota & Rardin

Primary Examiner:

Sunil K Singh

Assistant Examiner:

Alan Snyder

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 35/00 (2006.01); B23B 39/14 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B23B 49/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/4069 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 39/14 (2013.01); B23B 35/00 (2013.01); B23B 49/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 9/1682 (2013.01); G05B 19/4069 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); B23B 2215/04 (2013.01); B23B 2220/04 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39109 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39116 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39121 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39129 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45059 (2013.01); G05B 2219/49113 (2013.01); Y10S 901/09 (2013.01); Y10S 901/41 (2013.01); Y10S 901/47 (2013.01); Y10T 408/03 (2015.01); Y10T 408/08 (2015.01); Y10T 408/175 (2015.01); Y10T 408/21 (2015.01); Y10T 408/561 (2015.01);
Abstract

Drilling apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a first robot (); a first member () (e.g. a pressure foot) and a drilling tool () both coupled to the first robot (); a second robot (); and a second member () coupled to the second robot (); wherein the apparatus is arranged to press the members () against opposite sides of a part to be drilled () (e.g. an aircraft panel) so as to hold the part () and prevent deflection of at least a portion of the part (); and the first member () and the drilling tool () are arranged such that the drilling tool () may drill into the portion of the part () of which deflection is opposed from the side of the part () pressed against by the first member (). The robots () may be robotic arms.

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