The Boeing Company

Keegan D Bray

Jonathan A Santiago

Shuonan Dong

Daniel James McMillan

Asher S Einhorn

Samuel B Williams

Wesley E Perrault

Zena L Moran

Bladder vent plugs comprise a body, a manifold block, and a diaphragm extending fully around a peripheral channel of the manifold block. The diaphragm is configured to expand toward an interior-volume peripheral face of the body when the peripheral channel is pressurized via a pressure bore extending through the manifold block and a pressure passage extending through the body. Bladder vent plugs are configured to receive an open-ended composite-manufacturing bladder between the interior-volume peripheral face and the peripheral channel of the manifold block. Composite manufacturing methods comprise pressurizing a diaphragm to seal an open-ended composite-manufacturing bladder against a bladder vent plug.

Bladder vent plugs for composite manufacturing and related methods and systems

Growing community of inventors

Federal Way, WA, United States of America

Keegan D Bray