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公开(公告)号：US12005467B2
公开(公告)日：2024-06-11
申请号：US17494541
申请日：2021-10-05
申请人： The Boeing Company
CPC分类号： B05C11/00 , B05C5/02 , B25J15/0066
摘要： An end effector, for adhesively attaching a first part to a second part, comprises a support, a first nozzle, movable relative to the support, and a second nozzle, movable relative to the support. The first nozzle comprises a first-nozzle-body outlet port and a first-nozzle separator plate. The second nozzle comprises a second-nozzle-body outlet port and a second-nozzle separator plate. The end effector additionally comprises a first ultrasonic-sensor roller that is rotatable relative to the support and located between the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The end effector also comprises a second ultrasonic-sensor roller that is rotatable relative to the support and located between the first ultrasonic-sensor roller and the second nozzle.
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公开(公告)号：US11987015B2
公开(公告)日：2024-05-21
申请号：US17551320
申请日：2021-12-15
申请人： The Boeing Company
CPC分类号： B29C73/025 , B29C73/24 , B29L2031/3085
摘要： In an example, a method is described. The method comprises forming a single hole into a bond gap repair area. The method also comprises evacuating, via an adhesive injection apparatus attached to the single hole, the bond gap repair area and an injection channel of the adhesive injection apparatus. The method also comprises forcing adhesive through the evacuated injection channel and into the evacuated bond gap repair area.
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公开(公告)号：US20240083577A1
公开(公告)日：2024-03-14
申请号：US18389374
申请日：2023-11-14
申请人： The Boeing Company
摘要： Methods and apparatus for performing repair operations using an unmanned aerial vehicle. The methods are enabled by equipping the UAV with tools for rapidly repairing a large structure or object (e.g., an aircraft or a wind turbine blade) that is not easily accessible to maintenance personnel. In accordance with various embodiments disclosed below, the unmanned aerial vehicle may be equipped with an easily attachable/removable module that includes an additive repair tool. The additive repair tool is configured to add material to a body of material. For example, the additive repair tool may be configured to apply a sealant or other coating material in liquid form to a damage site on a surface of a structure or object (e.g., by spraying liquid or launching liquid-filled capsules onto the surface). In alternative embodiments, the additive repair tool is configured to adhere a tape to the damage site.
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公开(公告)号：US11385204B2
公开(公告)日：2022-07-12
申请号：US16216096
申请日：2018-12-11
申请人： The Boeing Company
IPC分类号： G01N29/265 , G01N29/22 , B60K1/02
摘要： An apparatus for automated maintenance of limited-access areas on large structures. The apparatus is a rolling or sliding tool-equipped mobile platform that is adhered to a surface by operation of one or more adherence fans and then propelled across the surface by operation of one or more propulsion fans. The adherence and propulsion fans are coupled to a base made of semi-rigid material. The adherence fans produce suction forces in one or more suction zones to adhere the mobile platform to the surface. The propulsion fans produce thrust to propel the surface-adhered mobile platform in a desired direction across the surface. The tool-equipped mobile platform is capable of adhering to and moving over a non-level surface on a large structure while keeping standoff contact elements in contact with the surface regardless of surface contour. The propulsion fans, adherence fans and maintenance tool (e.g., an NDI sensor unit) are controlled by a computer system.
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公开(公告)号：US11053925B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
申请号：US16039714
申请日：2018-07-19
申请人： The Boeing Company
IPC分类号： F03D17/00 , G01N29/265 , G01N27/9013 , F03D80/50 , G01M5/00
摘要： An automated apparatus for large-area scanning of wind turbine blades or other large-bodied structures (such as aircraft fuselages and wings) for the purpose of non-destructive inspection (NDI). One or more vacuum-adhered scanning elements containing NDI sensors are lowered via cables and moved via a motorized cart driven along a leading edge of a horizontally disposed wind turbine blade or via a motorized carriage driven around a track attached to a vertically disposed wind turbine blade. Scan passes are based upon sequenced horizontal and vertical motions of scan heads provided by cart/carriage and cable spool motion. A conformable array of sensors attached to the cart may be used to collect NDI data along the leading edge of a horizontally disposed wind turbine blade if the scan heads cannot reach that area.
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公开(公告)号：US10658758B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-19
申请号：US14254955
申请日：2014-04-17
申请人： THE BOEING COMPANY
发明人： Joseph L. Hafenrichter , Manny S. Urcia , Joseph A. Marshall , Charles W. Manry, Jr. , Mohammad-Nasar M. Adeeyo
摘要： Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antenna assembly that includes a plurality of separate and distinct antenna modules that are interconnected together to form an antenna layer. Each of the antenna modules may include a support structure including a core frame connected to a core support, and a backskin connected to one or both of the core frame and the core support. The antenna assembly may also include an alignment grid configured to receive and align each of the antenna modules, and/or a matching layer configured to receive and align each of the antenna modules.
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公开(公告)号：US20200080911A1
公开(公告)日：2020-03-12
申请号：US16128687
申请日：2018-09-12
申请人： The Boeing Company
摘要： An apparatus for automated non-destructive inspection (NDI) of the leading edge surface and other surfaces of an airfoil-shaped body, such as a wind turbine blade, a helicopter rotor blade and an aircraft wing. The apparatus takes the form of a crawler vehicle having a multiplicity of omnidirectional wheels rotatably coupled to a flexible base that includes a flexible substrate made of semi-rigid material. The flexible base incorporates (or has attached thereto) vacuum adherence devices that keep the wheels frictionally engaged on the surface regardless of surface contour. Thus the crawler vehicle is capable of adhering to and moving over a non-level surface while enabling an NDI sensor unit (one sensor or an array of sensors) mounted thereon to acquire NDI scan data from the surface under inspection.
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公开(公告)号：US10569907B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-25
申请号：US15244927
申请日：2016-08-23
申请人： The Boeing Company
摘要： 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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9.发明授权公开(公告)号：US09950813B2
公开(公告)日：2018-04-24
申请号：US15017535
申请日：2016-02-05
申请人： The Boeing Company
CPC分类号： B64F5/60 , B25J5/00 , B25J9/162 , B64F5/0045 , G01N29/04 , G01N29/225 , G01N29/265 , G01N2291/106 , G05B2219/45066 , Y10S901/44
摘要： A robotic apparatus comprising an articulated arm mounted to a chassis and having an end effector capable of inspecting the root and tip, as well as the length between the root and tip, of an airfoil-shaped body (such as a rotorblade). The robotic apparatus has means for propelling the chassis in a spanwise direction. The chassis-mounted articulated arm facilitates the scanning of sensors over the root or tip of the airfoil-shaped body without repositioning the chassis.
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公开(公告)号：US09669587B2
公开(公告)日：2017-06-06
申请号：US14269157
申请日：2014-05-04
申请人： The Boeing Company
IPC分类号： B29C65/00 , B29C70/34 , B29C35/02 , B29C65/18 , B29C65/50 , B29C65/78 , B29D99/00 , B29C65/48 , B32B37/18 , B29K105/24 , B29L31/00 , B29L31/30
CPC分类号： B29C70/34 , B29C35/0266 , B29C35/0288 , B29C65/18 , B29C65/4835 , B29C65/5042 , B29C65/785 , B29C66/112 , B29C66/1122 , B29C66/1142 , B29C66/1162 , B29C66/118 , B29C66/131 , B29C66/14 , B29C66/232 , B29C66/301 , B29C66/432 , B29C66/4326 , B29C66/474 , B29C66/5221 , B29C66/524 , B29C66/532 , B29C66/61 , B29C66/721 , B29C66/73117 , B29C66/73751 , B29C66/73752 , B29C66/73753 , B29C66/73754 , B29C66/73941 , B29C66/81431 , B29C66/8244 , B29C66/83221 , B29C66/843 , B29C66/8432 , B29D99/0014 , B29K2105/243 , B29L2031/003 , B29L2031/008 , B29L2031/3082 , B29L2031/3085 , B32B37/18 , Y10T156/1002 , Y10T428/31504
摘要： A composite structure is fabricated by staging at least a portion of an uncured, first composite component. The first composite component is assembled with a second composite component, and the staged portion of the first composite component is cocured with the second composite component.
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