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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Edward Heath, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Andrew Elmer Modin, Charleston, SC (US);
Paul D. Shaw, Charleston, SC (US);
Raviendra Suriyaarachchi, Charleston, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Within examples, methods and systems for a multi-state bladder or elastomeric apparatus for manufacture of composite material are provided. The elastomeric apparatus includes a housing having a flexible surface state and a rigid surface state, a rod within the housing extending along a length of the housing, and a plurality of components mounted to the rod, such that in an engaged position of the rod the plurality of components cause the housing to have the rigid surface state, and in a disengaged position of the rod the plurality of components enable the housing to have the flexible surface state.