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公开(公告)号：US20220193958A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-23
申请号：US17526718
申请日：2021-11-15
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Courtney Michele Fix , Robert Wayne Murray , Paul Diep , Robert E. Lee , Richard A. Skilton , Ronald Leroy McGhee , Zachary Nathaniel Stoddard , Patrick B. Stone , Phillip Andrew Taylor , Nickolas Scott Ellerbeck
Abstract: A system includes a mandrel contoured to define a tapering tubular shape of a workpiece cured on the mandrel and a demolding tool. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel after the workpiece is cured on the mandrel and cut longitudinally. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel by deforming a first end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the first end of the workpiece from a first end of the mandrel, and subsequently, deforming a second end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the second end of the workpiece from a second end of the mandrel. The first end of the workpiece may have a first cross-sectional area that is smaller than a second cross-sectional area of the second end of the workpiece.
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公开(公告)号：US11174042B2
公开(公告)日：2021-11-16
申请号：US16155353
申请日：2018-10-09
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Jessica Watkins , Patrick B. Stone
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wing assembly for joining to a fuselage of an aircraft includes the steps of loading a center wing section into a wing join station, loading a right wing section into the wing join station proximate to the center wing section, loading a left wing section into the wing join station proximate to the center wing section, joining the right and left wing sections to the center wing section to form a complete wing assembly, moving the complete wing assembly to a processing station, performing drilling operations on the complete wing assembly at the processing station, installing fasteners in the complete wing assembly at the processing station, and moving the complete wing assembly to a wing-body join station to join the complete wing assembly to the fuselage.
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公开(公告)号：US20210206514A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-08
申请号：US16735315
申请日：2020-01-06
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Joseph D. Anderson , Don Russell , Matthew B. Moore , Jason Warner , David Jon Herman , Patrick B. Stone , Michael David Collier, SR.
Abstract: Methods and systems for assembling containerized aircraft as complete aircraft. The methods comprise removing aircraft components from shipping container(s), unloading the aircraft components from shipping fixture(s), removing tooling comprising aircraft component positioning structure(s) from the shipping container(s), loading aircraft component(s) onto aircraft component positioning structure(s), positioning the aircraft components in aircraft component installation positions, positioning the aircraft component(s) using the aircraft component positioning structure(s), and attaching the aircraft components to assemble the complete aircraft. The systems comprise aircraft components configured to be loaded into shipping container(s) in a shipping arrangement, unloaded from the shipping arrangement and attached to at least one other aircraft component to assemble the complete aircraft; shipping fixture(s) configured to support the aircraft components in the shipping arrangement, and tooling configured to facilitate assembly of the aircraft components and comprising aircraft component positioning structure(s) configured to position aircraft component(s) in aircraft component installation position(s).
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公开(公告)号：US20190322388A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-24
申请号：US15956071
申请日：2018-04-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Lile P. Squires , Patrick B. Stone , Jeffrey A. Zornes
Abstract: An airframe handling apparatus is operable to support and move a partially assembled aircraft fuselage. The aircraft fuselage is incomplete, lacking a wing and landing gear. The apparatus is attachable to the aircraft fuselage in place of the wing and landing gear, utilizing wing attachment structures on the aircraft fuselage that are designed for flight loads. With the aircraft fuselage attached to the apparatus, the entire fuselage is supported on the apparatus that can be operated to move and manipulate the aircraft fuselage as if the wing and landing gear were present. With the apparatus attached to the aircraft fuselage, movement of the fuselage by the apparatus imparts no handling-induced internal loads on the aircraft fuselage, and maximizes unobstructed access to the exterior surface of the fuselage for painting and other surface preparations.
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公开(公告)号：US11911978B2
公开(公告)日：2024-02-27
申请号：US17714274
申请日：2022-04-06
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
CPC classification number: B29C70/382 , B29C70/54 , B29C70/545 , B29L2031/7154
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite barrel structure includes fabricating a first plurality of composite panels that are assemblable into a first partial composite barrel section. The fabricating includes assembling a first layup of composite material and, concurrently, assembling at least one additional layup. The fabricating further includes heating the first layup with the at least one additional layup. A system for fabricating a plurality of panels that are assemblable into partial barrel sections includes a first workstation for fabricating a first plurality of composite panels that are assemblable into a first partial composite barrel section. The first workstation includes a first assembly station configured to concurrently assemble a first layup of composite material and at least one additional layup and a first heating station configured to heat the first layup concurrently with the at least one additional layup to yield the first plurality of composite panels.
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公开(公告)号：US20230138621A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US17971718
申请日：2022-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
IPC: B25B11/02
Abstract: A system includes a support beam elongated along a longitudinal axis. The support beam includes a first end portion longitudinally opposed from a second end portion, a first beam-side indexing feature proximate the first end portion, and a second beam-side indexing feature proximate the second end portion. The system further includes a first frame assembly having a first base portion, a first riser portion defining a first vertical axis, and a first carriage connected to the first riser portion and moveable relative to the first riser portion along the first vertical axis. The first carriage includes a first frame-side indexing feature configured to engage with the first beam-side indexing feature. The system further includes a second frame assembly having a second base portion, a second riser portion defining a second vertical axis, and a second carriage to the second riser portion and moveable relative to the second riser portion along the second vertical axis. The second carriage includes a second frame-side indexing feature configured to engage with the second beam-side indexing feature.
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公开(公告)号：US20230135678A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US18048914
申请日：2022-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
Abstract: A method for transporting a workpiece from an initial work cell to a subsequent work cell in a manufacturing environment having a plurality of work cells, the workpiece is supported by a support beam. The method includes monitoring the initial work cell for presence of a ready-to-move condition and monitoring the subsequent work cell for presence of a ready-to-receive condition. When both the ready-to-move condition and the ready-to-receive condition are present, the method includes interfacing the support beam with a gantry and, after the interfacing, moving the support beam with the gantry from the initial work cell to the subsequent work cell.
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公开(公告)号：US20230135412A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US18048880
申请日：2022-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
Abstract: A system for damping machine-induced vibration in a workpiece includes a plurality of workpiece holders to hold the workpiece in a work cell. The system also includes a machine tool located in the work cell. The machine tool performs a machining operation on the workpiece while the workpiece is held by the plurality of workpiece holders. The system further includes a damping apparatus coupled to the workpiece. The damping apparatus controls machine-induced vibrations in the workpiece during the machining operation.
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公开(公告)号：US20230134904A1
公开(公告)日：2023-05-04
申请号：US18048905
申请日：2022-10-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew B. Moore , Patrick B. Stone
IPC: B25B5/14
Abstract: A system for handling a composite workpiece includes a work cell and a plurality of workpiece holders to hold a composite workpiece in the work cell. Each one of the plurality of workpiece holders is selectively controlled to index the composite workpiece in the work cell and to conform the composite workpiece to an as-built shape of the composite workpiece.
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公开(公告)号：US20190322390A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-24
申请号：US16011032
申请日：2018-06-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Benjamin Samuel Merrit , Patrick B. Stone , Don J. Russell , Brennan John Dunlap
Abstract: A method and system for alleviating a load is provided. A support system is positioned at a nominal location with respect to an object. The support system comprises jacks and supports. Each of the supports is associated with one of the jacks. The object is positioned on the support system. The support system with the object is moved across a path. The height of each of the jacks is adjusted as the support system moves along the path to maintain a desired minimum load on each jack. Maintaining the desired minimum load prevents damage to the object.
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