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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
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:
Primary Examiner:
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.