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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert A. DiChiara, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/32 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29K 701/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/32 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/82661 (2013.01); B29C 66/91221 (2013.01); B29C 66/91411 (2013.01); B29K 2701/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of induction welding a first thermoplastic composite (TPC) to a second thermoplastic composite (TPC) using an induction coil includes forming a weld interface area between the first TPC and the second TPC, cooling the first TPC with a cooling apparatus before heating by the induction coil, and inductively heating the weld interface area with the induction coil after cooling the first TPC.