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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Amol Ogale, Munich, DE;
Randall Dow Wilkerson, O'Fallon, MO (US);
Alexander Rubin, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/08 (2006.01); B29C 70/32 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/085 (2013.01); B29C 70/32 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a thermoplastic structure include laying a first plurality of braided plies on a mandrel, and laying one or more unidirectional plies on the plurality of braided plies. A second plurality of braided plies is laid on the one or more unidirectional plies. The layup thereby forms a thermoplastic structure having combined braided and unidirectional plies.