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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B23K 26/03 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 26/034 (2013.01); B23K 26/032 (2013.01); B29C 66/301 (2013.01); B29C 70/384 (2013.01); B29C 70/386 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for thermal inspection of tape layup. One embodiment is a method for performing inspection of a tape layup. The method comprises laying up tape onto a surface of a laminate, applying heat to tack the tape to the surface, and generating thermographic images of the tape as applied to the surface.