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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Aaron Todd Sellinger, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 53/02 (2006.01); B29C 71/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29C 35/0272 (2013.01); B29C 53/02 (2013.01); B29C 71/0009 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0211 (2013.01); B29C 2071/0027 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a method of forming a composite component. The method includes laying one or more layers of uncured composite material onto a mandrel. The mandrel which includes a plurality of conductive media dispersed in a thermoplastic material. An electric current is supplied to the mandrel to resistively heat the one or more layers of uncured composite material to a temperature sufficient to cure the one or more layers of uncured composite material to form a cured composite component. The mandrel is removed from the cured composite component.