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Patent No.:

US 10427351 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 19, 2016

Apparatus for induction heating and bending of thermoplastic composite tubes and a method for using same

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:

General Electric

Kristi Davidson

Primary Examiner:

Joseph S Del Sole

Assistant Examiner:

Lawrence D Hohenbrink, Jr

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lin, Wendy Win-Ling. (2019). Apparatus for induction heating and bending of thermoplastic composite tubes and a method for using same (U.S. Patent No. 10427351). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10427351

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