US 12,286,567 B2
System for curing a patch
Justin H. Register, Charleston, SC (US); and Remmelt Andrew Staal, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,724.
Application 18/489,724 is a division of application No. 17/529,079, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,827,821.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,839, filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067847 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B64F 5/40 (2017.01); C09J 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC C09J 5/02 (2013.01) [B64F 5/40 (2017.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a computer configured to receive, from a rework facility, shape data from a scan of a scarf in an object comprising a composite material located at the rework facility; and
a lathe tool located at a patch generation facility remote from the rework facility, the late tool in communication with the computer, wherein the lathe tool and the computer are configured to:
create a mandrel based on the shape data, the mandrel comprising a mandrel shape that is a negative of the shape data.