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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/32 (2006.01); B29C 70/00 (2006.01); G01M 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/3218 (2013.01); B29C 70/00 (2013.01); G01M 3/027 (2013.01); G01M 3/3209 (2013.01);
Abstract
Testing of vacuum bags used in manufacturing of complex co-cure composite structures provides leak detection that allows an operator to identify leaks within a custom vacuum bag without further damaging the bag, such as by cutting vacuum ports into the bag. Such leak detection can allow the operator to find and repair the leak or, if not repairable or at a location of the bag for which repair is not feasible, take other corrective action.