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US 2016/0078024 A1Published application
Component measurement apparatus, system, and method
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJonathan B. Vance, Andrew J. Martignoni, III, Ken Nguyen
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an apparatus for measuring a component supported on a fixture includes a housing, a wireless transceiver coupled to the housing, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader coupled to the housing, and a magnet coupled to the housing. The magnet is magnetically attracted to a portion of the fixture to removably secure the housing to the fixture.
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An apparatus for measuring a component supported on a fixture, comprising:
- a housing;
- a wireless transceiver coupled to the housing;
- a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader coupled to the housing;
- and
- a magnet coupled to the housing, the magnet being magnetically attracted to a portion of the fixture to removably secure the housing to the fixture.
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A system for measuring a component, comprising:
- a fixture that supports the component, the fixture comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to the fixture, the RFID tag storing data identifying the fixture;
- and
- an apparatus comprising a housing, an RFID reader coupled to the housing, and an attachment element coupled to the housing, the RFID reader reading the data stored on the RFID tag and the attachment element removably coupling the housing to the fixture.
A method for measuring a component supported on a fixture, comprising:
- removably coupling a handheld apparatus to the fixture;
- electronically uploading fixture data from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to the fixture using an RFID reader of the handheld apparatus;
- automatically uploading a measurement of the component into the handheld apparatus;
- and
- electronically linking the uploaded measurement to the fixture data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.