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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel M. Rotter, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Bradley Andrew Coxon, Everett, WA (US);
Kurtis S. Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Stephen Lee Metschan, Black Diamond, WA (US);
Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Kent, WA (US);
Joseph Jay Pruss, Redmond, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Composite parts including hybrid plies, methods of forming the composite parts, and systems for forming the composite parts are disclosed herein. The composite parts include a plurality of plies of composite material. At least one ply is a hybrid ply. The hybrid ply is defined by a plurality of distinct ply tiles, and at least one distinct ply tile in the plurality of distinct ply tiles defines at least one ply tile property that differs from a corresponding ply tile property of at least one other distinct ply tile in the plurality of distinct ply tiles. The methods include selecting at least one distinct ply tile and positioning the at least one distinct ply tile. The methods also include selecting at least one other distinct ply tile and positioning the at least one other distinct ply tile. The systems include systems that define the composite parts and/or perform the methods.