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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.:

US 12036701 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2022

Transverse tensioning system and method for continuous compression molding of a stack of plies

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, Snohomish, WA (US);

Jack Edward Schieber, Snohomish, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:

Kunzler Bean & Adamson

Primary Examiner:

Larry W Thrower

Assistant Examiner:

John W Hatch

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/00 (2006.01); B29B 11/12 (2006.01); B29C 43/22 (2006.01); B29C 43/28 (2006.01); B29C 43/30 (2006.01); B29C 43/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29C 70/52 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 33/42 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 701/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 11/12 (2013.01); B29C 43/222 (2013.01); B29C 43/224 (2013.01); B29C 43/28 (2013.01); B29C 43/305 (2013.01); B29C 43/34 (2013.01); B29C 70/34 (2013.01); B29C 70/46 (2013.01); B29C 70/526 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29C 2033/422 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2701/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a transverse tensioning system that comprises a left-side clamping assembly comprising a first left-side clamp element and a second left-side clamp element. The first left-side clamp element and the second left-side clamp element clamp down on the left edge portion of the stack of plies when the stack of plies moves in a feed direction and is shaped between opposing dies. The system also comprises a right-side clamping assembly, spaced apart from the left-side clamping assembly and comprising a first right-side clamp element and a second right-side clamp element. The first right-side clamp element and the second right-side clamp element clamp down on the right edge portion of the stack of plies when the stack of plies moves in the feed direction and is shaped between the opposing dies.

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