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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Max U. Kismarton, Renton, WA (US);
Karl Marius Nelson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Geoffrey Allen Butler, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B29D 99/001 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.