Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Binding or covering and cutting
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-15
2007-05-15
Carter, Monica (Department: 3722)
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Binding or covering and cutting
C409S178000, C408S076000, C408S098000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10854210
ABSTRACT:
A flexible rail machine tool couples temporarily to a structure by vacuum cups and positions a tool head at any desired point over an area. The toolhead can perform operations such as drilling, bolt insertion, and acquisition of dimension data. The flexible rail can conform to surface curvature in one or more axes. Tool head perpendicularity to the structure can be sensed and adjusted as needed. The as-attached position of the rail may be compensated for through coordinate transformation, allowing holes, for example, to be placed with substantial precision.
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Arntson Paul Reuben
Banks David P.
Boyl-Davis Theodore M.
Buttrick Jr. James N.
Gage Roger A.
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Carter Monica
Gates Eric A.
The Boeing Company
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