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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew Hopkins, West Jordan, UT (US);
Christopher Gary Harris, Copperton, UT (US);
John R Henry, West Jordan, UT (US);
Scott Fisher, West Jordan, UT (US);
Anton Troshchenovskyy, West Jordan, UT (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method for use in forming a composite structure that includes dispensing a first sheet of composite material, cutting the first sheet of composite material to form one of a plurality of plies of composite material, and providing the plurality of plies of composite material to a forming tool one at a time in a ply laydown sequence. A first sequential ply in the ply laydown sequence is provided, and then a second sequential ply in the ply laydown sequence is automatically provided after the first sequential ply has been provided.