The Boeing Company

Holly J Thomas

Steve G Mackin

David W Foutch

Brian L Riedel

William L Serencsits

Tara Kovacs Baker

Alexandre D Curaudeau

Arnold J Lauder

Stefan Ozog

Marta Baginska Elleby

Marta B Elleby

A compact inlet design including a single bulkhead and/or an acoustic panel extending into nacelle lip region for noise reduction.

Advanced inlet design

A tooling assembly for manufacturing a porous composite structure. The tooling assembly includes a first tooling member and a second tooling member. The first tooling member includes a first body that defines a first internal volume and a first inlet. The first inlet is fluidly coupled with the first internal volume. The first tooling member also includes a first tooling surface that defines a plurality of first perforations that are fluidly coupled with the first internal volume. The second tooling member includes a second body that defines a second internal volume and a second inlet. The second inlet is fluidly coupled with the second internal volume. The second tooling member also includes a second tooling surface that defines a plurality of second perforations that are fluidly coupled with the second internal volume.

Tooling assembly and associated system and method for manufacturing a porous composite structure

A compact inlet design including a single bulkhead and/or an acoustic panel extending into nacelle lip region for noise reduction. The compact inlet is used with a low power fluid ice protection system capable of preventing ice build-up on the acoustic panel in the nacelle lip region.

A sandwich acoustic liner assembly includes a honeycomb core and a thermoplastic fabric sheet positioned in overlying relationship and structurally bonded with the honeycomb core. Further included is a method for fabricating a sandwich acoustic liner assembly which includes the steps of positioning a thermoplastic fabric sheet in overlying relationship with a honeycomb core and bonding structurally the thermoplastic fabric sheet to the honeycomb core.

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Charleston, SC, United States of America

Holly J Thomas