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Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2017
Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Nicholas Lee Huddleston, Marietta, GA (US);

Jaime Ballester, Newhall, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/70 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 683/00 (2006.01); B29K 309/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29K 663/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/70 (2013.01); B29C 70/443 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29K 2309/08 (2013.01); B29K 2663/00 (2013.01); B29K 2683/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/001 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); Y02T 50/43 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a stiffener may be formed by inserting a plurality of flexible mandrels into a channel of a tool having a three-dimensional contour, placing a vacuum bag over the flexible mandrels and the tool, with the mandrels disposed between the vacuum bag and the tool, and applying vacuum pressure between the vacuum bag and the tool. A hardening substance may be inserted into each of the plurality of flexible mandrels and then may be hardened while the plurality of mandrels are inserted in the one or more channels of the tool. Finally, the mandrels may be wrapped with a stiffener material with stiffeners being formed from the stiffener material.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Huddleston, Nicholas. (2020). Mandrel forming for discrete wing skin stiffeners (U.S. Patent No. 10611101). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10611101

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