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US 12,691,632 B2Granted
Systems and methods for applying a tactile textured substrate to a surface of a structure
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJason William Drexler, Stephanie Iris Metting, Lloyd Layton Womack, II, Bryan Bleda, Menelaos Spyridon Kafkalidis
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Abstract
A method includes coupling a substrate with a surface of an aircraft. One or more tactile features are printed onto the substrate. The method can also include forming one or more perforated features onto the substrate, and curing the tactile features with ultraviolet (UV) light. The printing of the tactile features can include controlling, by a control unit, a printer to form the one or more tactile features onto the substrate.
Claims11
A method comprising:
- coupling a substrate with a surface of an aircraft, wherein one or more tactile features are printed onto the substrate, the substrate including one or more perforated features formed onto the substrate, wherein portions of the substrate are configured to be removed from the surface of the aircraft based at least in part on locations of the one or more perforated features.
A method, comprising:
- coupling a substrate with a surface of an aircraft, wherein one or more tactile features are printed onto the substrate;
- removing a portion of the substrate from a region of the surface of the aircraft, wherein one or more of a shape or a size of the portion of the substrate is based at least in part on a location of one or more perforated features of the substrate;
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- coupling a replacement substrate with the region of the surface of the aircraft, the replacement substrate including one or more tactile features having one or more attributes that are similar in relation to one or more attributes of the one or more tactile features of the portion of the substrate that is removed from the region of the surface of the aircraft.
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