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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Gagandeep Saini, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29C 70/443 (2013.01); B29C 70/549 (2021.05); B29D 99/0003 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for positioning wrinkling of a cured composite material at a predetermined location in fabricating a composite part, which includes positioning a caul plate in contact with an uncured composite material. The uncured composite material has a geometric change in shape and the caul plate has a first slit which extends through and along the caul plate. The method further includes positioning a fiber and a resin of a portion of the uncured composite material within the first slit and curing the uncured composite material positioning a wrinkle within the first slit of the caul plate.