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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Marc R. Matsen, Tukwila, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B29C 70/462 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a composite structure. A stackup comprising a plurality of overbraided thermoplastic members and an overbraided thermoplastic skin is built. The stackup is placed between an inner tooling and an outer tooling. The inner tooling, the stackup, and the outer tooling are held in place together using a load constraint. The inner tooling, the stackup, the outer tooling, and the load constraint form a consolidation setup. The consolidation setup is heated to form the composite structure.