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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. DiChiara, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Richard W. Burns, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Francis J. Samalot Rivera, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/32 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29C 65/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/32 (2013.01); B29C 65/3636 (2013.01); B29C 66/3494 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of induction welding a first carbon fiber thermoplastic composite (TPC) to a second carbon fiber thermoplastic composite (TPC) using an induction coil includes aligning the first TPC with the second TPC to form a weld interface area, flexing a heat sink onto a surface of the first TPC between the weld interface area and the induction coil, and inductively heating the weld interface area with the induction coil.