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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 31, 2019
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Nishant Kumar Sinha, Bangalore, IN;

Om Prakash, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 13/08 (2006.01); B29C 64/147 (2017.01); B29C 64/314 (2017.01); B29C 64/393 (2017.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.01); B29B 13/08 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 64/147 (2017.08); B29B 13/08 (2013.01); B29C 64/268 (2017.08); B29C 64/314 (2017.08); B29C 64/393 (2017.08); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Illustrative examples of forming and using suitably adapted material in an additive manufacturing process includes operations of: exposing a first polymer sheet to a first plasma, such that an amine-functionalized sheet surface is formed; exposing a second polymer sheet to a second plasma, such that an epoxide-functionalized sheet surface is formed; and combining the amine-functionalized sheet and the epoxide-functionalized sheet, such that the amine-functionalized sheet surface contacts the epoxide-functionalized sheet surface. The workpiece is subsequently heated to form a structure, where heating of the workpiece causes covalent chemical bonds to form between the plasma-treated first polymer sheet and the plasma-treaded second polymer sheet.


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