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Automated braided sleeve placement and tensioning

US10207787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Luke S. Fletcher · Cambridge, US
Ashleigh Raoul Nesbit · Williamstown, AU
Dominic Wierzbicki · Melbourne, AU
Richard Bain · Melbourne, AU
Andrew Klimovski · Melbourne, AU
Peter Nathan Steele · Melbourne, AU
Martin A. Szarski · Sydney, AU
Peter J. Lockett · Parramatta, AU
Manning Scarfe · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 11, 2015
Grant date	Feb 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 3, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method for drawing a flexible sleeve over an elongated mandrel includes placing a ring within a lumen of the sleeve. A first end of the sleeve is fixed against movement relative to a first end of the mandrel. A first end portion of the sleeve is inverted over a first end portion of the mandrel so as to define a circumferential cuff in the sleeve, and the ring is positioned concentrically within the circumferential cuff. Using, e.g., a magnet, the ring is then urged longitudinally along the mandrel and toward an opposite, second end thereof, such that the sleeve is inverted over at least an outer surface of the mandrel.

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