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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2021
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Daniel R. Smith, Woodinville, WA (US);
Darrell D. Jones, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Paul T. Pritchard, Renton, WA (US);
Jason A. Medenciy, Seattle, WA (US);
Stephen Keith Kirchmeier, Bothell, WA (US);
Kurtis Shuldberg Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Robert William Whiting, St. Louis, MO (US);
Michael Beerman, Bellevue, WA (US);
Raviendra Sidath Suriyaarachchi, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jeremy Evan Justice, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Paul Chace Wilcoxson, Kent, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating a preform for a fuselage section of an aircraft. The method includes advancing a series of arcuate mandrel sections in a process direction through an assembly line, laying up fiber reinforced material onto the arcuate mandrel sections via layup stations, uniting the series of arcuate mandrel sections into a combined mandrel; and splicing the fiber reinforced material laid-up onto the arcuate mandrel sections.