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US 2020/0269441 A1Published application
End effectors and methods for gripping a curvilinear sheet of material
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRoger D. Bernhardt
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AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorRoger D. Bernhardt
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End effectors and methods for gripping a curvilinear sheet of material are disclosed herein. The curvilinear sheet of material defines a first sheet side having a curvilinear first side topography and a second sheet side having a curvilinear second side topography. The end effector includes a negative mating shaped first sheet-engaging surface configured to operatively support the first sheet side and having a curvilinear first sheet-engaging surface topography that corresponds to the curvilinear first side topography. The end effector also includes a second sheet-engaging surface configured to operatively support the second sheet side and having a curvilinear appropriately mating negative shaped second sheet-engaging surface topography that corresponds to the curvilinear second side topography. The end effector further includes an actuation mechanism configured to selectively transition the end effector between an open orientation and a gripping (converging) orientation. The methods include methods of utilizing the end effectors.
An end effector configured to selectively grip a curvilinear sheet of material, wherein the curvilinear sheet of material defines a first sheet side having a curvilinear first side topography and an opposed second sheet side having a curvilinear second side topography, the end effector comprising:
A method of gripping a curvilinear sheet of material with an end effector, the method comprising:
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