Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rivet measurement system
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Application No.: US15602735Application Date: 2017-05-23
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Publication No.: US11327067B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Robert Michael Lawton , Kelsea Cox , Lindsay Leigh Waite Jones , Ivan V. Kwok
- 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: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N33/20
- IPC: G01N33/20 ; G06F30/20 ; G01N33/00 ; G06F111/10

Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus for a rivet measurement system for non-destructive testing measurements comprising a first measurement apparatus, a second measurement apparatus and a rivet analyzer. The first measurement apparatus acquires non-destructive testing measurements for sample production grade rivets of a particular class installed in a production vehicle structure. The second measurement apparatus acquires destructive testing measurements for the sample production grade rivets of the particular class. The rivet analyzer creates a statistical model representing a relationship between the non-destructive testing measurements and destructive testing measurements of the production grade rivets and to acquire the non-destructive testing measurements for the button height and the button diameter for additional production grade rivets, predict rivet button concentricity from the non-destructive testing measurements for the button height and the button diameter using the statistical model and determine whether the additional production grade rivets installed in the production vehicle structure are acceptable.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180341725A1 Rivet Measurement System Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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