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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Matthew R. DesJardien, Kenmore, WA (US);
James N. Buttrick, Seattle, WA (US);
Terrence J. Rowe, Seattle, WA (US);
Daniel Mark McDonagh, Seattle, WA (US);
Silas Lawton Studley, Seattle, WA (US);
Tracy E. Zimmerman, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 31/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/06 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29K 2105/06 (2013.01); B29K 2105/253 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); Y10S 901/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile vehicle is used to place, compact and inspect composite plies at selected locations on a tool. The vehicle includes an on-board supply of composite plies, a transfer platen for transferring plies to the tool, a compactor for compacting plies on the tool, and an inspection device for inspecting plies on the tool, each operated and manipulated by an on-board manipulator such as a robot.