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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Shoreline, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/12 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29B 11/02 (2006.01); B29B 11/12 (2006.01); B29B 11/16 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29K 105/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/12 (2013.01); B29B 11/02 (2013.01); B29B 11/12 (2013.01); B29B 11/16 (2013.01); B29C 70/46 (2013.01); B29C 70/465 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0881 (2013.01); B29K 2105/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part, the method comprising: reducing a bulk factor of chips of chopped fiber while forming the chips into a pre-consolidated charge; shaping portions of the pre-consolidated charge into shaped volumetric charges that fit within a die; and compression molding the shaped volumetric charges within the die.