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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Xiaomei Fang, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
John D Riehl, Hebron, CT (US);
George Alan Salisbury, East Hampton, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for composite-to-metal hybrid bonded structures compromising the laser surface treatment on titanium alloys to promote adhesive bond performance. For example, a computer may be programmed to set a laser path corresponding to a predetermined geometric pattern. A laser may be coupled to the computer and apply a pulsed laser beam to a contact surface of the titanium alloy along the predefined geometric pattern. The laser may generate an open pore oxide layer on the contact surface of the substrate with a thickness of 100 and 500 nm. The open pore oxide layer may have a topography corresponding to the predefined geometric pattern. The topography may contain high degree of open pore structure and promote adhesive bond performance. Adhesive, primer or composite resin matrix may fully infiltrate into the open pore structures. Adhesive and composite laminate may co-cure to form composite-to-titanium hybrid bonded structures.