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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Amarjit Olenchery Kizhakkepat, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Tyler Wayne Baldwin, Keller, TX (US);
Edward Wei-Yueh Lee, Arlington, TX (US);
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes methods of preparing a composite structure comprising: placing a first ply of a fibrous material with a curable material on a layup tool; adding one or more additional plies on the first ply, wherein each of the one or more additional plies has a perimeter that is different in size around the perimeter than a previous ply to form a taper; and curing the composite structure, wherein the curable material is selected to minimize, limit, control, or eliminate the outflow of the curable material along the perimeter of the composite structure during the curing step.