Methods and apparatus for manufacturing operations
CA 2860736 C · Owner: The Boeing Company · Inventors: Arntson, Paul R.; Boyl-Davis, Theodore M.; Buttrick, James N. Jr.
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A method and apparatus for performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece is disclosed. The apparatus includes a track assembly adapted to be attached to the workpiece a carriage assembly moveably coupled to the track assembly and moveable relative to the workpiece and a position sensor operatively coupled to the carriage assembly and including a sensor element adapted to be operatively positioned relative to the workpiece the sensor element being adapted to detect at least one edge of an index feature on the workpiece from a distance away from the index feature.
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- Filed June 24, 2004 and granted September 26, 2017. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 24, 2024.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 24, 2026.
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