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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard E. Heath, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);
Andrew Elmer Modin, Charleston, SC (US);
Richard Alexander Prause, Charleston, SC (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/02 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 33/50 (2006.01); B29C 33/48 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 43/56 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/02 (2013.01); B29C 33/485 (2013.01); B29C 33/505 (2013.01); B29C 43/56 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29D 99/0003 (2013.01); B29D 99/0014 (2013.01); B29K 2105/045 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a composite structure. A composite material having a closed cross-section or a partially closed cross-section is cured to form the composite structure, wherein the composite material is in contact with a foam mandrel assembly when curing begins. A supportive foam mandrel in the foam mandrel assembly is collapsed during curing.