Fabrication line, systems, and methods for fuselage sections

US12077319B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Daniel R. Smith · Woodinville, US
• Darrell D. Jones · Mill Creek, US
• Paul Chace Wilcoxson · Kent, US
• Raviendra S. Suriyaarachchi · Kirkland, US
• Robert William Whiting · Chesterfield, US
• Jeremy Evan Justice · Mill Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 2021
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2024
• Expiry date: Dec 23, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a part on a mandrel. The system includes a series of stations divided into at least two groups of stations, wherein each group of stations performs fabrication operations on a particular zone of the mandrel.