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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Michael Kenneth-Que Louie, Renton, WA (US);
Jeron D. Moore, Lynnwood, 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);
Timothy D. Jackson, Everett, WA (US);
Robert G. Meyer, Renton, WA (US);
Robert Graham Albers, Bellevue, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a composite object. A first plurality of tows is laid up over a tool according to a first path. A second plurality of tows is laid up over the tool according to a second path. A first portion of the first plurality of tows runs non-parallel to a second portion of the second plurality of tows. First ends of the first portion of the first plurality of tows and second ends of the second portion of the second plurality of tows meet at a merge zone along the tool to form a ply of a composite laminate.