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公开(公告)号：US10823703B2
公开(公告)日：2020-11-03
申请号：US16242299
申请日：2019-01-08
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Jeffrey R. Kollgaard , Tyler M. Holmes , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for real-time fusion of data acquired using ultrasonic and eddy current area sensors during nondestructive examination. The ultrasonic data is acquired using an array of ultrasonic transducer elements configured to enable the production and display of a C-scan of a small area. The ultrasonic transducer array may be one- or two-dimensional. The eddy current sensor can be a single pair of induction coils, a multiplicity of coil pairs, or a coil configuration in which the numbers of drive coils and sense coils are not equal. The eddy current sensor is able to provide data about the test material, such as material thickness or conductivity, to complement the ultrasonic data or enable auto-setup of the ultrasonic inspection device.
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公开(公告)号：US10814480B2
公开(公告)日：2020-10-27
申请号：US15878642
申请日：2018-01-24
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea , Daniel James Wright
IPC: G06F19/00 , B25J9/10 , B25J5/00 , B25J9/16 , F41A31/02 , B25J15/00 , B64F5/10 , F41H11/16 , F41H11/32 , B64F5/40 , B64F5/60
Abstract: Apparatus and methods that can be used to stabilize the distal end of an arm (and an end effector attached thereto) of an automated extended-reach tool-equipped assembly. Stabilization is provided by three or more stabilizers, each comprising a stationary part and a movable part. Each stationary part has a fixed location relative to the end effector; each movable part is translatably coupled to a respective stationary part and comprises a contactor disposed at a distal end of the movable part. When the stabilizers are actuated, the contactors are translated toward and into contact with the surface of the workpiece and then locked in place to stabilize the distal end of the arm and the end effector. During tool operation, the stabilizers reduce oscillation of the end effector (and all structure fixedly coupled thereto).
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公开(公告)号：US20200316899A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-08
申请号：US16377664
申请日：2019-04-08
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Kenneth H. Griess , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: A method of forming a laminated metallic structure includes steps of: (1) providing a first preformed-metallic sheet having a three-dimensional shape of a first graduated three-dimensional size; (2) providing a second preformed-metallic sheet having the three-dimensional shape of a second graduated three-dimensional size; (3) nesting the second preformed-metallic sheet in the first preformed-metallic sheet; and (4) bonding the first preformed-metallic sheet and the second preformed-metallic sheet together.
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公开(公告)号：US20200307776A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-01
申请号：US16370266
申请日：2019-03-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Alexander J. Coco , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Systems and methods for an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) capable of automatically balancing large and heavy objects for transport through a facility. One embodiment is an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) including a balancing plate configured to support a load, load sensors configured to detect a weight distribution of the load, and an actuator configured to shift the balancing plate laterally. The AGV also includes a weight balancing controller configured to determine a center of gravity of the load based on the weight distribution detected by the load sensors, to determine that the center of gravity of the load is vertically misaligned with a center of gravity of the AGV, and to direct the actuator to shift the balancing plate laterally to move the center of gravity of the load toward vertical alignment with the center of gravity of the AGV.
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公开(公告)号：US10791275B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-29
申请号：US15833094
申请日：2017-12-06
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Scott W. Lea
IPC: H04N5/232 , G01C3/02 , G01B11/00 , G06T7/73 , G06T7/521 , H04N7/18 , G01B5/00 , G01N21/88 , F03D17/00 , G01C11/02 , G01N21/95
Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring the distance to a target object and acquiring three-dimensional coordinates, scale information, and point-to-point distance information for that target object in an environment using a remotely operated cable-suspended platform. The system uses on-board sensors and processing techniques to provide discrete or continuous measurements of the distances between points on a target object or the scale of the target object. The addition of on-board three-dimensional measurement capabilities to cable-suspended platforms enables these systems to acquire three-dimensional position data defined in the coordinate system of the environment, determine distances between objects or between points on the same object. The system can also be used to determine the scale factors of items in images captured by a camera carried by the cable-suspended platform, in the course of performing metrology-related tasks.
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公开(公告)号：US20200207033A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-02
申请号：US16237912
申请日：2019-01-02
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Xiaoxi Wang , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for utilizing pellet-loaded bladders to consolidate and/or harden composite parts. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes laying up a preform that is made of fiber reinforced material and that includes a cavity, inserting one or more bladders that are loaded with expandable pellets into the cavity, inflating the bladders in response to a triggering condition, consolidating the preform while the bladders are inflated, deflating the bladders, and removing the bladders from the cavity.
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公开(公告)号：US20200207031A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-02
申请号：US16237934
申请日：2019-01-02
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Kenneth Harlan Griess
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes selecting a tool with sides made of a core material in a desired size and shape, disposing a preform of a fiber reinforced material that surrounds the tool, resulting in a lamina assembly comprising the preform and the tool, heating the tool and the preform, co-bonding the tool to the fiber reinforced material within the lamina assembly, and hardening the preform and the tool into a hybrid composite part.
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公开(公告)号：US20200180787A1
公开(公告)日：2020-06-11
申请号：US16738995
申请日：2020-01-09
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Joseph L. Hafenrichter , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Devices for maintaining crawler alignment on complex-shaped blades and for enabling the blade crawler to traverse over trailing edge protrusions. Using ball and socket bearings or air pads in place of alignment wheels, the crawler will be able to track along complex-geometry rotor blades, propellers and other airfoils. Using an oversized-diameter roller, a semi-flexible roller, or a dual-roller arrangement, the crawler will be able to traverse over trailing edge protrusions.
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39.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200166938A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-28
申请号：US16202347
申请日：2018-11-28
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Joseph L. Hafenrichter , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Methods for performing maintenance operations using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The methods are enabled by equipping a UAV with a maintenance tool capable of performing a desired maintenance operation (e.g., nondestructive inspection) on a limited-access surface of a large structure or object (e.g., a wind turbine blade). The UAV uses re-orientation of lifting means (e.g., vertical rotors) to move the maintenance tool continuously or intermittently across the surface of the structure while maintaining contact with the surface of the structure undergoing maintenance.
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公开(公告)号：US10656075B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-19
申请号：US15946103
申请日：2018-04-05
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Morteza Safai , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: A method of laser bond inspection is provided. The method includes applying a thermochromatic energy-absorbing material to an inspection site of a test article. The method includes delivering a first amount of energy to the inspection site using a laser. The first amount of energy generates stresses in the test article. The method includes absorbing the first amount of energy into the thermochromatic energy-absorbing material to produce an observable thermal response that correlates to the first amount of energy.
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