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41.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200147903A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：US16746525
申请日：2020-01-17
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Jeffrey R. Kollgaard , Tyler M. Holmes
Abstract: A method of forming parts uses a forming tool having a forming surface, and an ultrasonic transducer array on the forming surface.
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42.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200063717A1
公开(公告)日：2020-02-27
申请号：US16106560
申请日：2018-08-21
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Joseph L. Hafenrichter
IPC: F03D80/50 , G01N29/22 , G01N29/265
Abstract: A motorized rolling maintenance cart that utilizes the angled trailing edge geometry of an airfoil-shaped body (such as a wind turbine blade or rotor blade) to traverse the length of the airfoil-shaped body. The trailing edge-following maintenance cart may be used to carry personnel doing maintenance activities on the blades, such as local repairs or re-painting. In accordance with one aspect, the maintenance cart carries non-destructive inspection sensor units or other maintenance hardware over the surface of the airfoil-shaped body (e.g., in a spanwise direction). In accordance with another aspect, the trailing edge-following maintenance cart is configured to also provide fall protection to one or more independently movable crawler vehicles by means of cables. Alternative embodiments may include only one of the two aspects.
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43.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20200030962A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-30
申请号：US16044651
申请日：2018-07-25
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for providing gravity compensation to a cable-suspended, vacuum-adhered, tool-equipped crawler vehicle traveling along and following the contour of a non-level surface during the execution of an automated maintenance operation. One technical feature shared by multiple embodiments of the gravity-compensating systems is that a cable spool is operated to wind a portion of the cable from which the vacuum-adhered crawler vehicle is suspended to generate a tensile force that counteracts a gravitational force being exerted on the crawler vehicle during movement. Rotation of the cable spool may be driven by a motor or by a tensioning spring.
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公开(公告)号：US10537986B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-21
申请号：US16134446
申请日：2018-09-18
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Paul S. Rutherford , Nathan R. Smith
IPC: H04N7/18 , B25J1/02 , B25J1/08 , B25J15/00 , B23Q17/22 , G06T19/20 , G06T19/00 , G01N21/954 , B64F5/40
Abstract: A tracking-enabled extended-reach tool system acting upon a workpiece. The tool system includes a gimbal positioned adjacent an opening in a surface, a sensor system, a computer control, and a display. The extended-reach arm has a first end, a second end, an end effector including a tool adjacent the first end. The extended-reach arm engages the gimbal for relative rotational movement and relative slidable movement through the opening positioning the end effector and the tool on a side of the surface opposite the second end. The sensor system is configured to measure a linear position of the extended-reach arm relative to the gimbal. The computer control receives signals from the sensor system indicative of the linear position of the extended-reach arm relative to the gimbal. The display is connected to the computer control and displays a representation of the workpiece and the tool relative to each other in real time.
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公开(公告)号：US20200003707A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-02
申请号：US16560429
申请日：2019-09-04
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Matthew T. Grimshaw , Talion Edwards , Gary E. Georgeson , Daniel J. Wright , James E. Engel , Morteza Safai , Yuan-Jye Wu , Taisia Tsukruk Lou , Rodney S. Wright
IPC: G01N23/203 , H05G1/26 , G01V5/00
Abstract: A system for quantifying x-ray backscatter system performance is disclosed. The system includes one or more x-ray backscatter detectors, an x-ray tube, a support, and a plurality of rods mounted on the support and arranged in groups. Each group of rods includes at least two rods having the same width. The system also includes a user interface configured to connect to the x-ray backscatter detectors to receive a backscatter signal from the x-ray backscatter detectors associated with the x-ray tube, where the user interface plots a modulation transfer function representing x-ray backscatter for each rod of the plurality of rods from x-rays transmitted by the x-ray tube.
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公开(公告)号：US20190311555A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-10
申请号：US15945640
申请日：2018-04-04
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea , Daniel J. Wright , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: A ground-based visual-inspection system includes a ground-based visual-inspection apparatus and a control system. The ground-based visual-inspection apparatus includes a mobile base, an actuatable arm coupled to the mobile base, and an effector coupled to the actuatable arm. The actuatable arm is locatable in a three dimensional space. The end effector includes a camera configured to capture images of a structure, such as an aircraft. The control system is configured to determine location information of the camera relative to a reference location and associate the location information with the images.
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公开(公告)号：US20190300135A1
公开(公告)日：2019-10-03
申请号：US15936954
申请日：2018-03-27
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Scott W. Lea , Gary E. Georgeson
Abstract: Apparatus and methods for measuring a position of a point on a submerged surface. The apparatus includes: a platform; a liquid-tight pressure vessel fixedly coupled to the platform, wherein the liquid-tight pressure vessel is formed in part by an optically transparent enclosure; a pan-tilt mechanism coupled to the platform and disposed inside the liquid-tight pressure vessel; a camera mounted to the pan-tilt mechanism; a laser range meter affixed to the camera; and a refractive index sensor coupled to and disposed outside the liquid-tight pressure vessel. In accordance with one proposed implementation, the optically transparent enclosure is spherical, the pan-tilt mechanism has a pan axis and a tilt axis that intersect at a center of the optically transparent enclosure, and the laser range meter is located to emit a laser beam that is perpendicular to the optically transparent enclosure.
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48.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190145909A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-16
申请号：US16236384
申请日：2018-12-29
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Gary E. Georgeson , Steven K. Brady , Donald D. Palmer, JR.
Abstract: An automated high-speed method for inspecting metal around fasteners and a computer-controlled apparatus for performing that inspection method. The apparatus comprises a multi-motion inspection head mounted on a scanning bridge, a robotic arm, or a robotic crawler vehicle. The multi-motion inspection head comprises a millimeter waveguide probe and a motorized multi-stage probe placement head that is operable for displacing the waveguide probe along X, Y and Z axes to achieve multiple sequenced motions. The waveguide probe is attached to a mandrel that is rotatably coupled to an X-axis (or Y-axis) stage for rotation about the Z axis. Smart servo or stepper motors with feedback control are used to move the waveguide probe into place and then scan across or around a fastener head to inspect for cracks that may be under paint.
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49.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190137448A1
公开(公告)日：2019-05-09
申请号：US16242299
申请日：2019-01-08
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Jeffrey R. Kollgaard , Tyler M. Holmes , Gary E. Georgeson
CPC classification number: G01N27/9073 , G01N27/904 , G01N29/0645 , G01N29/0654 , G01N29/07 , G01N29/11 , G01N29/4436 , G01N2291/044 , G01N2291/106
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：US20190094149A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-28
申请号：US15714662
申请日：2017-09-25
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James J. Troy , Gary E. Georgeson , Scott W. Lea
CPC classification number: G01N21/88 , B64C39/024 , B64C2201/024 , B64C2201/123 , B64C2201/146 , B64D47/08 , G01C11/02 , G01M5/0008 , G01M5/0033 , G01M5/0075 , G01S17/10 , G01S17/87 , G01S17/933 , G05D1/0038 , G05D1/102 , G06K9/00637
Abstract: Systems and methods for measuring the distance to a target object and acquiring scale and point-to-point distance information for that target object in an environment using a remotely operated flying platform, such as an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). 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 UAVs (or other flying platforms) allows the collection of distance data. Having this capability enables these systems to acquire distances between points on a single object, such as determining the true scale factors of items in images captured by the UAV, in the course of performing metrology-related tasks.
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