The Boeing Company

George Michael Granger

Alan G Burg

Diane C Rawlings

Larry K Olli

James M Kestner

Bruce K Keough

James Charles McGarvey

Melissa H Lewis

Denise Alexandra Blohowiak

Nathan Owen Packard

Maribel Gomez Locsin

Kenneth Allen Kruger

Brian D Osborne

Mitchell Nakaki

Kelcey D Sterling

Kenneth A Kruger

James Charles Mcgarvey

Multilayer riblet appliques are disclosed. An example riblet applique includes a fluorosilicone riblet structure including riblet ridges and a base from which the riblet ridges extend, and a support layer proximate the fluorosilicone riblet structure. The support layer includes a vacuum-plasma-treated polymer film having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a polymer sub-layer proximate the second surface of the polymer film.

Multilayer riblet appliques

Methods and apparatus to align applique cutters are disclosed. A disclosed example alignment rail is for use with cutting an applique relative to a surface of a vehicle. The example alignment rail includes a base to contact the surface. The example alignment rail also includes a body including a cross-sectional profile extending along a longitudinal axis of the alignment rail. The example alignment rail also includes a groove of the cross-sectional profile extending along the longitudinal axis, where the groove is to align movement of a cutting tool to cut the applique.

Methods and apparatus to align applique cutters

Multilayer riblet applique and methods of producing the same are described herein. One disclosed example method includes applying a first high elongation polymer material to a web tool, where the web tool is to be provided from a first roll, and heating, via a first heating process, the first high elongation polymer material. The disclosed example method also includes applying a second high elongation polymer material to the first high elongation polymer material, and heating, via a second heating process, the second high elongation polymer material. The disclosed example method also includes applying, via a laminating roller, a support layer to the second high elongation polymer material.

Multilayer riblet applique and methods of producing the same

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George Michael Granger