Forming apparatus, method, and system

US11826970B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Long Ly · Renton, US
• Chace Wilcoxson · Kent, US
• Darrell D. Jones · Mill Creek, US
• Kurtis S. Willden · Kent, US
• Michael A. Lee · Kent, US
• Jonathan A. Santiago · Seattle, US
• Josiah Brubaker · Bellingham, US
• Michael Karas · Hattersheim, DE
• Joseph Warren · Maple Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 20, 2021
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2023
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B29L2031/3076
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A forming apparatus includes a frame. The frame defines a vertical axis, a horizontal axis, and a longitudinal axis. A carriage is movably connected to the frame. A stomp foot is movably connected to the carriage such that it may move along the vertical axis. A first end effector is movably connected to the carriage and a second end effector movably connected to the carriage. The first end effector and second end effector are laterally opposed to each other along the longitudinal axis and the stomp foot is located between the first end effector and the second end effector.