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公开(公告)号：US12179298B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-31
申请号：US18521150
申请日：2023-11-28
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Michael J. Deluca , Matthew H. Cawthorne , Howard T. Rolleston
Abstract: A method for repairing a crack in a structure includes mounting a manifold to the structure around the crack. The structure has a nonplanar surface contour that surrounds the crack. The manifold has a base portion, a cover portion, and a plug. The base portion has a grip surface configured to conform to the nonplanar surface contour of the structure. The cover portion is connected to the base portion, and has an injection port and a vent port in fluid communication with a channel aligned to the crack. The injection port transfers a bonding material into and out of the channel. The plug closes and opens the vent port. The method includes filling the channel with the bonding material to direct the bonding material into the crack, and draining the bonding material from the manifold.
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公开(公告)号：US20240425199A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-26
申请号：US18214113
申请日：2023-06-26
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Rongsheng Li , David K. Mefford
Abstract: Vision-based vehicle guidance is disclosed. An example landing pad for vision-based guidance of a vehicle includes a first perimeter of a landing area defined by the landing pad, the first perimeter having a first array of first light sources, and a second perimeter having a second array of second light sources, the second perimeter around the first perimeter, at least two of the first or second light sources having a different light characteristic to define a pattern to be detected by an image sensor of the vehicle for guiding the vehicle toward or away from the landing area.
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公开(公告)号：US20240424749A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-26
申请号：US18340212
申请日：2023-06-23
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Kariza T. Martin , Jason McBain
Abstract: A curing tool assembly for composite manufacturing includes a curing tool and a cover plate. The curing tool includes a tool surface that defines a resin channel. The cover plate overlays the resin channel. The cover plate defines openings in fluidic communication with the resin channel. The openings are arranged to provide different flow capacity through different portions of the cover plate along the channel axis. Methods for composite manufacturing with the curing tool assembly are also disclosed. A system for composite manufacturing includes the curing tool, the cover plate, a fluid impervious layer and a differential pressure generator.
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公开(公告)号：US12174129B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17697259
申请日：2022-03-17
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Donald Duane Palmer, Jr. , Thomas Anthony Maeder
IPC: G01N23/046 , G01N23/083
Abstract: X-ray tomography systems and methods for imaging an aircraft part are disclosed herein. The systems include a part fixture, which is configured to support the aircraft part. The systems also include an x-ray source, which is configured to selectively emit x-rays, and an x-ray detector, which is configured to detect the x-rays. The systems further include a support structure that operatively supports the x-ray source and the x-ray detector such that x-rays emitted by the x-ray source travel along a beam path that is incident upon the x-ray detector and that passes through the aircraft part. The systems also include a rotary scanning structure, which is configured to selectively rotate the support structure about a scan axis, and a longitudinal scanning structure, which is configured to selectively translate the support structure along the scan axis. The methods include methods of utilizing the systems.
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公开(公告)号：US12172773B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17523097
申请日：2021-11-10
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Vinh Q. Doan , Tri Minh Phan , Shu Hsin Robin Hsu , Luis Rogelio Gonzalez , Rickie Lee , Homero S. Cerna
Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for a verification system for an aircraft. The verification system includes a verification function subsystem to automatically verify an operational condition of one or more components of an aircraft based on airflow related signals, hydraulic related signals, and electrical signals and associated impedances and present the operational condition via a display. The airflow related signals may be obtained from a plurality of airflow fittings, the hydraulic related signals may be obtained from a plurality of hydraulic fittings, and the electrical signals and associated impedances may be obtained from a plurality of electrical connectors. At least two of the airflow fittings, at least two of the hydraulic fittings, and at least two of the electrical connectors may be positioned in different aircraft sections before additional aircraft sections are assembled.
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公开(公告)号：US12172761B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US17951397
申请日：2022-09-23
Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
Inventor： Steven Philip McDonald
Abstract: An emergency evacuation system is configured to be stored in a compartment below an exit door of a vehicle, such as an aircraft. The emergency evacuation system includes a first floatation device, a second floatation device, and a regulation device configured to sequentially direct gas to the first floatation device and the second floatation device.
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公开(公告)号：US20240421728A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18335692
申请日：2023-06-15
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： James Y. Lee , Li C. Chang
Abstract: An acoustic detection system and method and associated kinetic energy harvester is disclosed. The acoustic detection system comprises a vibration-generating object, a kinetic-energy harvester, and an acoustic sensor. The kinetic-energy harvester is embedded within a first location of the vibration-generation object and is configured to wirelessly transmit electrical power to the acoustic sensor, which is embedded within a second location of the vibration-generating object. The acoustic sensor is configured to receive the electrical power, detect acoustic signals, and convert the detected acoustic signals into acoustic data. The kinetic energy harvester may be an electromagnetic harvester that comprises a magnet array and a coil array comprising at least one conductive coil. By inducing a current in the at least one conductive coil through the relative motion between the magnet array and the coil array, the kinetic-energy harvester produces electrical power.
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公开(公告)号：US20240420471A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18334012
申请日：2023-06-13
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Yang Chen , Deepak Khosla , Brandon Michael Courter , Shane Edward Arthur , Jeremy Daniel Howe , Anders Eirik Heussy
Abstract: A method of monitoring an assembly process is disclosed herein. The method includes obtaining an event model for each of a plurality of objects in the assembly process with the event model for each of the plurality of objects including a predetermined time frame for a change in presence to occur. The method includes collecting an image sequence of the assembly process for monitoring and identifying if a change in presence for each of the plurality of objects occurred with a detector model. The method further includes reviewing the event model for each of the plurality of objects to determine if the predetermined time frame lapsed without the change in presence of a corresponding one of the plurality of objects being identified and issuing an alert if the predetermined time frame lapsed without the presence of a corresponding one of the plurality of objects being identified.
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公开(公告)号：US20240418906A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18821167
申请日：2024-08-30
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Jason Andrew Miller , Christopher Tyson Weihs , Kathryn Bauer Thomas , Malcolm Toon
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for graphically presenting aviation-focused weather information. One exemplary method comprises receiving weather information for a select geographic location and a select time period, the select time period comprising a plurality of consecutive days, each day comprising a plurality of consecutive hours, and the weather information comprising aviation-specific weather conditions associated with the select time period; and displaying a graphical user interface configured to graphically present the aviation-specific weather conditions using a plurality of graphical elements in a first region of the graphical user interface, each graphical element corresponding to a respective one of the consecutive calendar days and each aviation-specific weather condition having an assigned color-coding or shading, wherein each graphical element is configured to graphically depict the aviation-specific weather condition for each hour of the corresponding calendar day using the assigned color-coding or shading.
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公开(公告)号：US20240418802A1
公开(公告)日：2024-12-19
申请号：US18335821
申请日：2023-06-15
Applicant: The Boeing Company
Inventor： Ian M. Dayton , Mark Edward Nowakowski
IPC: G01R33/035 , H05K7/20
Abstract: A diagnostic apparatus includes a first array of superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs). Each SQUID of the first array is configured to be coupled respectively to a test circuit of a second array of test circuits such that an electronic noise present in the test circuit induces a first current that flows through the SQUID. The diagnostic apparatus also includes a current source configured to provide a second current for each SQUID of the first array such that the second current flows through the SQUID. Each SQUID of the first array is configured to generate an output in a form of: a first voltage in response to a sum of the first current and the second current being less than a threshold current, and a second voltage in response to the sum of the first current and the second current being greater than the threshold current.
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