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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard Alexander Prause, Charleston, SC (US);
Richard Edward Heath, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29C 70/443 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A radius filler material positioned at an intersection of a mandrel and a placement surface is heated to form a heated radius filler material. Mechanical pressure is applied to the heated radius filler material to shape the heated radius filler material to a shaped radius filler having a desired shape against a radius of the mandrel. A composite ply is applied over the mandrel and the shaped radius filler.