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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Jeffrey Stephenson, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard Allen Miller, II, Seattle, WA (US);
Kieran P. Davis, Tukwila, WA (US);
Marcus Anthony Belcher, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 49/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/142 (2014.01); B23K 37/08 (2006.01); B08B 15/02 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); B08B 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 37/32834 (2013.01); B08B 15/04 (2013.01); H01J 37/32844 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gas containment apparatus for use with an end effector including at least one plasma head includes at least one enclosing structure coupled to the end effector. The enclosing structure is configured to capture a gas produced by the at least one plasma head. The gas containment apparatus also includes a duct coupled to the at least one enclosing structure and configured to channel the gas from within the enclosing structure.