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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2017
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Suvankar Mishra, Carrollton, TX (US);
Robert Mark Chris, Dallas, TX (US);
Michael D. Ishmael, Bedford, TX (US);
Ronald J. Turner, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Bell Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for manufacturing a honeycomb core sandwich panel includes placing a thermoset facesheet in contact with a thermoplastic honeycomb core without using a separate adhesive and attaching the thermoset facesheet to the thermoplastic honeycomb core by using a curing profile comprising a temperature that is lower than a gel point temperature of the thermoset facesheet and higher than a softening point temperature of the thermoplastic honeycomb core.