The Boeing Company

Michael B Black

Jason Turner

Mitchell Zachary Kotlik

Christopher Robert Schwartz

Thomas Matthew Benson

Michael John Cloud

Andrew Anthony Pillar

Joseph D Walters

Bryan Joseph

A composite sandwich panel comprises a first composite skin, a second composite skin, a hollow cell core between the first composite skin and the second composite skin, and a first over-crush edge region with a first edge. The first edge has a first thickness at least 40% less than a nominal thickness of the composite sandwich panel. The first over-crush edge region has a length of at least 0.25 inches over which a thickness of the composite sandwich panel decreases.

Composite sandwich panels with over-crushed edge regions

An apparatus includes a matched die mold including a male die mold and a female die mold wherein the male die mold includes a first contoured surface and the female die mold includes a second contoured surface. The apparatus further includes a frame which defines an opening wherein the frame is positioned between the male die mold and the female die mold such that the frame is adapted to position a film layer across the opening and the opening is positioned in alignment with at least one of the first contoured surface and the second contoured surface.

In-mold apparatus and method for decorative application

Comforter with positioned text

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Michael B Black