The Boeing Company

Michael Nill

David W Foutch

Luis R Leon

Kevin O'Brien Gaw

Garry Anthony Booker

Randy Jay Grove

Pradip K Saha

David John Barene

Michael H Larson

Ricole Allison Johnson

Stephen Richard Dark

Kory Shaffer

Jeston Lingelbach

Carol S Oliver

Laura Fournier

Luis Leon

Methods are disclosed for forming metal workpieces made from a heat-treatable metal that has been shaped and tempered according to specified protocols that facilitate formation of large contoured unitary metal structures having welds that are retained in the finished structure, and finished metal structures made according to such methods.

Single-piece extended laminar flow inlet lipskin

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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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Michael Nill