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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2016
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Christopher T. Kirkpatrick, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Jean-Francois Le Costaouec, Pueblo West, CO (US);
John Linck, Pueblo, CO (US);
Paul Perea, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Gregory J. Loughry, Pueblo West, CO (US);
Daniel Register, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Lance McWilson, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Lauren Rosler, Ramah, CO (US);
Christopher L. Everhart, Boone, CO (US);
GOODRICH CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A loom system for making a fibrous preform may comprise a base, a bedplate coupled to the base, wherein the bedplate is configured to rotate about an axis of rotation, and an air entangling module coupled to the base. The air entangling module may comprise an air entangling head coupled to an outer support and an inner support, wherein the air entangling head is configured to apply a jet of air toward the bedplate at an entangling zone. The air entangling head may have freedom of motion along the outer support and the inner support, and may be configured to rest on top of a fibrous layer.