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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/9121 (2013.01); B29C 65/3672 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of dissipating heat from a surface of a first thermoplastic composite (TPC) being inductively welded with a second thermoplastic composite (TPC) includes flexing a heat sink during placement to conform to the surface of the first TPC, cooling the heat sink, applying inductive heat to a weld interface area between the first TPC and the second TPC, and drawing off heat via the heat sink from the surface of the first TPC.