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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. DiChiara, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Francis J. Samalot Rivera, St. Louis, MO (US);
Richard W. Burns, Edwardsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/3672 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of induction welding a first thermoplastic composite (TPC) to a second thermoplastic composite (TPC) includes inductively heating a weld interface area between the first TPC and the second TPC, and cooling a surface of the first TPC opposite the weld interface area while inductively heating the weld interface area.