ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,655, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Broetje-Automation Gmbh (Rastede, Germany).
"Method and machining system for machining an aircraft structural component" was invented by Dirk Eickhorst (Varel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for machining an aircraft structural component using a machining system, the machining system having a drilling unit and a riveting unit, a manufacturing process controller for actuating the components of the machining system, an optical sensor and a projection unit. The method comprising the steps of: projecting a pattern by the projection unit onto a machining point with a rivet element inser...