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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 19, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Paul Reed Stone, Provo, UT (US);

Cody S. Conant, Tacoma, WA (US);

Assignee:

THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/52 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 43/46 (2006.01); B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29C 70/50 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/526 (2013.01); B29C 43/224 (2013.01); B29C 43/46 (2013.01); B29C 70/504 (2013.01); B29D 99/0005 (2021.05); B29D 99/0007 (2013.01); B29C 2043/467 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract

A die assembly for forming a composite gap filler, including a first die having a first portion which extends along a first central axis of the first die and has a first curved surface which has a radius which changes as the first curved surface extends about the first central axis. A second die a second portion which extends along a second central axis of the second die and has a second curved surface which has a radius which changes as the second curved surface extends about the second central axis. A third die defines a third wall member which extends about the third die and which changes in width dimension wherein with the first die abutting the second die and with the third wall member abutting the first and second dies, a closed gap is formed.


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