Data processing: generic control systems or specific application – Specific application – apparatus or process – Product assembly or manufacturing
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Jarrett, Ryan A. (Department: 2125)
Data processing: generic control systems or specific application
Specific application, apparatus or process
Product assembly or manufacturing
C700S098000, C156S361000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07376480
ABSTRACT:
A composite part program generator includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system interface, a path generator, a course head manager, a post-processor and a machine simulator. The composite part program generator produces composite part programs for use on a multihead composite material application machine, such as a composite tape lamination machine or an automated fiber placement (AFP) machine, to manufacture a complex composite parts, including relatively flat, contoured, or generally cylindrical composite parts. This programming method can reduce the labor and time required to produce a composite part program for a multihead composite material application machine by an order of magnitude with respect to manual or existing automated programming methods.
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Hagen Allen B.
Hogg Merrill W.
Jones Alan K.
Locke Alan S.
Park, legal representative Jung Soo
Baker & Hostetler LLP
Jarrett Ryan A.
The Boeing Company
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