Patents Assigned to Tbe Boeing Company
  • Patent number: 5448505
    Abstract: A feed-through dimensional measurement system for gathering crossectional measurement data from an elongated part and correlating that data with the longitudinal position on the part from which the data was measured. The system includes a measurement apparatus supported on a part support stand having measuring instruments coupled to a central processing unit for recording and correlating the measurement data. A part drive system drives the part through a transport zone on the support stand while a clamping roller module holds the part against two orthogonal planes established by a set of rollers in the transport zone. Web thickness is measured in relation to a vertical reference plane established by one set of the rollers, and part height and warpage is measured with reference to the orthogonal reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Tbe Boeing Company
    Inventor: Ronald E. Novak