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Patent No.:

US 10618230 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2013

Thermoplastic structures

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Marc Rollo Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);

Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Daniel McNally

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/70 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29C 35/0272 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0811 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1002 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of forming a consolidated structure. The method comprises placing a thermoplastic material onto a forming tool to form a structure; positioning the structure within a tool; and consolidating the structure to form the consolidated structure. The tool has a number of die liners configured to generate heat in response to a magnetic field. Consolidating comprises applying a magnetic field to the number of die liners to heat the structure to a consolidation temperature.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Matsen, Marc. (2020). Thermoplastic structures (U.S. Patent No. 10618230). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10618230

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