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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Denver Ray Whitworth, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Vance Newton Cribb, Aledo, TX (US);
Assignee:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B32B 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/085 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); D03D 1/00 (2013.01); D03D 15/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B32B 17/10963 (2013.01); Y10T 428/20 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method for repairing damage to a composite part includes creating an aperture through the composite part and preparing the surfaces surrounding the aperture on both sides of the part; inserting a plurality of resin impregnated fibers through the aperture and spreading the end portions of the plurality of fibers radially against the prepared surfaces on both sides of the part; and maintaining contact of the plurality of fibers with the prepared surfaces while the resin cures.