The Boeing Company

Timothy J Luchini

Marc Rollo Matsen

Michael Palmore Matlack

Christopher John Hottes

Steven Michael Shewchuk

Bret A Voss

Alexander Rubin

Manny S Urcia

Lixin Cai

Alec Adams

Marcus Anthony Belcher

Eric E Moyes

Charles A Rhodes

Justin Joseph Schell

Daniel R Ferriell

Andrew S Niederschulte

Ying Shi

Adam Martinez

Augustus J Ellis

Juliette Dubon

Benjamin Richards

Travis R Adams

Marcos Pantoja

Daniel Richard Ferriell

A thermoplastic composition includes a thermoplastic polymer and a polyaryletherketone polymer in admixture with the thermoplastic polymer.

Thermoplastic films and methods for coating thermoplastic substrates with thermoset materials

A method of forming a reinforced panel may include engaging a reinforcement component having a faying surface with a first portion of a heated press, engaging an uncured panel component with an opposing second portion of the press, the panel component having a faying surface complementarily-configured with respect to the faying surface of the reinforcement component, treating the faying surface of the reinforcement component such that the faying surface is active for co-bonding with respect to the panel component, actuating the press to direct the first and second portions of the press toward each other, such that the faying surfaces are complementarily engaged under pressure; and heating the first and second portions of the press to a curing temperature associated with the panel component to substantially simultaneously co-bond the faying surfaces of the reinforcement component and the panel component together, cure the panel component, and form the reinforced panel.

Method of forming a reinforced panel component

A system and method for removing a backing from a ply of composite material is disclosed. The system includes a roller having a roller axis and a roller surface that circumscribes the roller axis. The system also includes an adhesion feature disposed on the roller surface. The system further includes a roller drive to move the roller along a travel path that is perpendicular to the roller axis and to rotate the roller about the roller axis.

Systems and methods for removing a backing from a ply of composite material

A first tooling die and a second tooling die are movable with respect to each other. The first tooling die and the second tooling die form a die cavity. The first tooling die and the second tooling die comprise a plurality of stacked metal sheets. A plurality of air gaps is defined between adjacent stacked metal sheets. A first smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and connected to the first tooling die. The first smart susceptor material has a first Curie temperature. A second smart susceptor material is within the die cavity and associated with the second tooling die. The second smart susceptor material has a second Curie temperature lower than the first Curie temperature. A flexible membrane is between the second tooling die and the first smart susceptor material. The flexible membrane is configured to receive pressure.

Induction forming and curing of thermoset composite charges

A system and method of forming a composite structure includes heating an outer mold line surface of a tool to a processing temperature, positioning an inner mold line surface with a composite preform disposed thereon within the outer mold line surface, and extracting the inner mold line surface and the composite preform in a gelled state from the outer mold line surface.

System and method for manufacturing composite structures

A system and method for manufacturing a composite structure includes a tool having an outer mold line surface, a mandrel removably disposed within the tool and having an inner mold line surface, and a heating element connected to the tool. The heating element is configured to set a process temperature of the outer mold line surface when the mandrel is placed within the tool.

A structural panel of an aircraft is constructed with a multiphase antenna embedded inside the structural panel between multiple sheets of fiberglass.

Structural multilayer antenna design and fabrication

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Timothy J Luchini