The Boeing Company

Jeston Lingelbach

David W Foutch

Kevin O'Brien Gaw

Randy Jay Grove

David John Barene

Michael H Larson

Kory Shaffer

Belur N Shivashankara

Dylan E Jones

Kevin O'brien Gaw

Garry Anthony Booker

Stephen Richard Dark

Michael Nill

Laura Fournier

Michael A Nill

Gary Anthony Booker

Belur N Shivashankra

A blocker door assembly for use in a gas turbine includes a panel, a core integrally formed with the panel, and a plurality of mounting structures extending from at least one of the panel and the core. The plurality of mounting structures are integrally formed with the core and the panel such that the panel, the core, and the mounting structures are co-molded from a thermoplastic material.

Blocker door assembly having a thermoplastic blocker door for use in a turbine engine

A blocker door assembly for use in a gas turbine engine includes a facesheet including a plurality of openings to facilitate noise attenuation and a body portion coupled to the facesheet. The body portion includes a backsheet integrally formed with a honeycomb core, wherein the body portion is molded from a thermoplastic material.

A compression molding assembly for molding a honeycomb core, including a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of walls, of a blocker door is provided. The compression molding assembly includes a ram plate comprising a plurality of openings defined therethrough and a plurality of core inserts coupled to the ram plate such that the plurality of core inserts are configured to form the honeycomb core of the blocker door. Each core insert is removably coupled with a respective opening of the plurality of openings such that each core insert is configured to form a respective cell of the plurality of cells.

Compression molding assembly and methods for molding a thermoplastic blocker door

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Kenmore, WA, United States of America

Jeston Lingelbach