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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2021
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
George Holden, Melbourne, AU;
Benjamin P. Adamson, Melbourne, AU;
Christopher A. Howe, Port Melbourne, AU;
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29K 63/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 307/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/0288 (2013.01); B29K 2063/00 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2307/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for curing a composite including a thermoset resin, a reinforcement material and a thermoplastic additive, the thermoplastic additive having a melt onset temperature, the method including heating the composite to increase a resin temperature of the thermoset resin and, during the heating, controlling the resin temperature such that the resin temperature exceeds the melt onset temperature prior to the thermoset resin achieving a degree of cure of 98 percent.