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Patent No.:

US 9693166 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2014

Automated production of acoustic structures

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Eric Herrera, Coos Bay, OR (US);

Noel Timothy Gerken, Maple Valley, WA (US);

John Scott Bauman, Federal Way, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Barbara J Musser

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/045 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/22 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); G10K 11/172 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 31/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/142 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 37/22 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B32B 38/0008 (2013.01); F02C 7/045 (2013.01); G10K 11/172 (2013.01); B32B 2307/102 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01); Y02T 50/672 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49572 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53078 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53478 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53657 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1002 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1062 (2015.01); Y10T 156/12 (2015.01);
Abstract

A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.

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