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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Weidong Song, Woodinville, WA (US);
Jeffrey H. Olberg, Federal Way, WA (US);
Jamie J. Langabeer, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/02 (2006.01); B29C 47/92 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 105/16 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/08 (2006.01); B29C 47/10 (2006.01); B29C 47/36 (2006.01); B29C 47/76 (2006.01); B29C 47/78 (2006.01); B29C 47/82 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/02 (2013.01); B29C 47/0002 (2013.01); B29C 47/026 (2013.01); B29C 47/92 (2013.01); B29C 70/00 (2013.01); B29D 99/0003 (2013.01); B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B29C 47/0014 (2013.01); B29C 47/0016 (2013.01); B29C 47/0064 (2013.01); B29C 47/0083 (2013.01); B29C 47/0866 (2013.01); B29C 47/1045 (2013.01); B29C 47/366 (2013.01); B29C 47/767 (2013.01); B29C 47/786 (2013.01); B29C 47/822 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/43441 (2013.01); B29C 66/474 (2013.01); B29C 66/496 (2013.01); B29C 66/524 (2013.01); B29C 66/5326 (2013.01); B29C 66/54 (2013.01); B29C 66/636 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/73754 (2013.01); B29C 2791/006 (2013.01); B29C 2947/926 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92076 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92104 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92114 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92209 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92514 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92571 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92609 (2013.01); B29C 2947/92704 (2013.01); B29K 2105/106 (2013.01); B29K 2105/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/16 (2013.01); B29K 2105/165 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoplastic composite structure is produced by extruding a bead of composite material to a desired cross sectional shape. An extruder extrudes the polymer bead containing reinforcing fibers, using a low compression first extruder stage where the polymer is mixed and de-gassed, and a high compression second stage where the polymer is consolidated and extruded. The cross sectional profile of the polymer bead may be altered using a variable extruder gate.