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US 2015/0314889 A1Published application
Flexible Manufacturing System for Aircraft Structures
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDan Dresskell Day, Clayton Lynn Munk, Steven John Schmitt, Eric M. Reid
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for manufacturing an aircraft structure. A drivable support may be driven from a first location to a second location to bring the drivable support together with at least one other drivable support to form a drivable support system. A structure may be held in a desired position using the drivable support system.
Claims73
A flexible manufacturing system for an aircraft structure comprising:
- a drivable support driven from a first location and brought together with at least one other drivable support to form a drivable support system at a second location on a floor of a manufacturing environment, in which the drivable support system is configured to hold a structure in a desired position.
A method for manufacturing an aircraft structure, the method comprising:
- driving a drivable support from a first location to a second location to bring the drivable support together with at least one other drivable support to form a drivable support system;
- and
- holding a structure in a desired position using the drivable support system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.