Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, system and method for performing automated finishing operations on a workpiece
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Application No.: US15347485Application Date: 2016-11-09
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Publication No.: US10369679B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Bennett M. Moriarty , Phillip J. Crothers , Shane E. Arthur , Brian W. Smith
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Miller, Matthias & Hull LLP
- Main IPC: B24B51/00
- IPC: B24B51/00 ; B24B19/26 ; B05B13/00 ; B05B13/04 ; B64F5/10 ; B25J5/00

Abstract:
A finishing apparatus for performing an automated finishing operation on a surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The finishing apparatus may include a platen fabricated from a magnetic material and having a platen surface, and a finishing module disposed on the platen surface and having a finishing operation end effector. The finishing module may generate a magnetic field that biases the finishing module toward the platen, and may be operable to generate a magnetic flux to control movement of the finishing module over the platen surface to perform the automated finishing operation on the surface of the workpiece.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180126514A1 Apparatus, System and Method for Performing Automated Finishing Operations on a Workpiece Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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