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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeron D. Moore, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Michael Kenneth-Que Louie, Renton, WA (US);
Gagandeep Saini, Snohomish, WA (US);
Luis A. Perla, Sammamish, WA (US);
Brice Aaron Johnson, Federal Way, WA (US);
Stewart James Ibbotson, Bothell, WA (US);
Robert G. Meyer, Renton, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming a composite laminate. A layup plan is generated for laying up a plurality of plies having a plurality of merge zones, each ply of the plurality of plies having a corresponding merge zone at which ends of a first plurality of tows for each ply and ends of a second plurality of tows for each ply meet. The locations of the plurality of merge zones are offset relative to each other through a thickness of the composite laminate. The plurality of plies is then laid up according to the layup plan to form a composite laminate.