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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Richard A. Prause, Charleston, SC (US);
Allen Halbritter, Summerville, SC (US);
Andrew E. Modin, Enumclaw, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
An example method of forming a composite structure is described that includes applying a laminated charge onto an expandable pallet, moving the expandable pallet at a translation rate and relative to a die conveyor that comprises a plurality of die sections, and driving the plurality of die sections on the die conveyor at an angle relative to the expandable pallet so as to drive the plurality of die sections progressively deeper into a recess defined by the expandable pallet and shape the laminated charge into at least part of a shape of the composite structure.