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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:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jonathan Santiago, Seattle, WA (US);
Marco Tullio B. Ciccu, Seattle, WA (US);
John Dempsey Morris, Seattle, WA (US);
Derek John Flolid, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/544 (2021.05); B29C 37/0064 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A breather used for vacuum bag compaction of a composite laminate part is semi-permanently installed on a compaction tool. The breather is a channel member having an internal passageway that routes air and volatiles from the vacuum bag to a vacuum port in the tool.