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US 11,148,208 B2Granted
Vibration assisted drilling system and method of use
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsKwok Tung Chan, Tobias Weber
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Abstract
A vibration assisted drilling system is presented. The vibration assisted drilling system comprises a drill feed motion system having a drill feed axis, an oscillation motion system having an oscillation axis, a drill spindle having a drill bit, and a mounting system configured to connect the drill spindle to the oscillation motion system. The drill feed axis is substantially parallel to and offset from the oscillation axis.
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A vibration assisted drilling system comprising:
- a drill feed motion system having a drill feed axis;
- an oscillation motion system having an oscillation axis, wherein the drill feed axis is substantially parallel to and offset from the oscillation axis;
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- a drill spindle coupled to the oscillation motion system, the drill spindle having a drill bit.
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A vibration assisted drilling system comprising:
- a drill feed motion system, wherein the drill feed motion system has a drill feed axis;
- an oscillation motion system having an oscillation axis, wherein the oscillation axis is separated from the drill feed axis;
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- a drill spindle having a drill bit, the drill spindle mounted to the oscillation motion system.
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A method of performing vibration assisted drilling comprising:
- moving a drill spindle towards a material by a drill feed motion system having a drill feed axis;
- rotating a drill bit of the drill spindle as the drill spindle is propelled towards the material;
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- oscillating the drill spindle towards and away from the material by an oscillation motion system, wherein the oscillation motion system has an oscillation axis substantially parallel to and offset from the drill feed axis, and wherein the oscillation motion system connects the drill spindle to the drill feed motion system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.