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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard Heath, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Andrew Elmer Modin, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/06 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/66 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/49 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29C 47/0026 (2013.01); B29C 47/067 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/66 (2013.01); B29C 66/112 (2013.01); B29C 66/131 (2013.01); B29C 66/536 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/7371 (2013.01); B29C 66/8122 (2013.01); B29C 66/81431 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29C 66/524 (2013.01); B29C 66/7392 (2013.01); B29C 66/7394 (2013.01); B29C 66/73751 (2013.01); B29C 66/73753 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2023/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A film tube installed and sealed in a hollow composite part acts as an internal vacuum bag that eliminates the need for an internal mandrel to react compaction forces applied by autoclave pressure during curing of the part.