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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Scott Alan Ludwig, Marysville, WA (US);
Derek Mickelson, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/26 (2006.01); G01M 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () for testing suction cups () mounted on a track () is disclosed. The apparatus () comprises a base () comprising a first surface () and a second surface () opposite the first surface (). The apparatus further comprises ports () penetrating the base () from the first surface () to the second surface () and vacuum sensors () pneumatically coupled to the ports (). The ports () in the base () are arranged in a geometric pattern ().