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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
David J. Sundquist, O'Fallon, MO (US);
John P. Longinette, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/56 (2006.01); B29C 51/14 (2006.01); B29C 51/10 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/14 (2013.01); B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B29C 51/261 (2013.01); B29C 70/56 (2013.01); B29K 2105/253 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for drape forming a laminated composite charge, the method including placing the laminated composite charge on a forming tool and redirecting forming forces applied to the laminated composite charge during drape forming to counteract wrinkle forming movement between plies of the laminated composite charge.