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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Aaron J. Pedersen, Summerville, SC (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 47/28 (2006.01); B23B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B 49/026 (2013.01); B23B 47/28 (2013.01); B23B 49/023 (2013.01); B23B 2215/04 (2013.01); B23B 2247/12 (2013.01); B23B 2260/004 (2013.01); B23B 2270/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drill block and a method for drilling a hole through a workpiece using the drill block. The drill block may include a mounting leg for mounting the drill block, a drilling support leg having a round hole therethrough operable to receive a drill bit during a drilling operation, and a height variability leg interposed between the mounting leg and the drilling support leg, wherein the height variability leg is adjustable to select a vertical height of the drilling support leg relative to the mounting leg.