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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Wendy Win-Ling Lin, Montgomery, OH (US);
Gary Scott Reese, Wilmington, OH (US);
Tsarafidy Raminosoa, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Nathaniel Benedict Hawes, Milton, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/08 (2006.01); B29C 53/84 (2006.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01); H05B 6/40 (2006.01); B21D 9/04 (2006.01); B29C 33/06 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); H05B 6/36 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/083 (2013.01); B29C 53/84 (2013.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); H05B 6/40 (2013.01); B21D 9/04 (2013.01); B29C 33/06 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 53/08 (2013.01); B29L 2023/004 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); H05B 6/06 (2013.01); H05B 6/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for bending a composite tube that includes an induction coil. Induction coil includes multiple turns and the turn-to-turn spacing changes at least once along the length of the induction coil. There is a heating element positioned near the induction coil and the induction coil is configured to cause the heating element to increase in temperature.