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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Keith Daniel Humfeld, Federal Way, WA (US);
Morteza Safai, Newcastle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/24 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B81C 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 29/04 (2006.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 29/2475 (2013.01); B29C 70/443 (2013.01); B81C 3/001 (2013.01); G01N 29/043 (2013.01); B29C 2043/3644 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01N 2291/106 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced vacuum bags. One embodiment is a method that includes placing a laminate comprising uncured fiber reinforced polymer onto a mandrel, laying up a vacuum bag, which includes integral ultrasonic transducers within a gas-impermeable layer, atop the laminate, and sealing the vacuum bag to the mandrel. The method also includes drawing a vacuum on the laminate via the vacuum bag, removing gas between the integral ultrasonic transducers and the laminate, and interrogating the laminate with the integral ultrasonic transducers.