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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gregory James Schoepen Hickman, Charleston, SC (US);
Aaron Ross Cowin, Dardenne Prairie, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 51/20 (2006.01); B29C 51/14 (2006.01); B29C 51/42 (2006.01); B29C 59/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/16 (2006.01); B29C 70/20 (2006.01); B29C 70/22 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B32B 3/24 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/28 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 7/08 (2019.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B29C 51/145 (2013.01); B29C 51/20 (2013.01); B29C 51/428 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 66/02242 (2013.01); B29C 66/0242 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29D 99/001 (2013.01); F16B 5/0056 (2013.01); B29C 59/022 (2013.01); B29C 66/41 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/73115 (2013.01); B29C 66/7352 (2013.01); B29C 70/16 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); B32B 3/266 (2013.01); B32B 3/28 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 7/08 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2262/106 (2013.01); B32B 2305/07 (2013.01); B32B 2305/10 (2013.01); B32B 2305/18 (2013.01); B32B 2398/20 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 3/26 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24281 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24289 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24322 (2015.01); Y10T 428/249923 (2015.04);
Abstract
A composite skin is attached to an underlying structure by fasteners that are countersunk into the structure. The composite skin comprises a thermoplastic material that has been melted and formed into a countersink in the structure using a heated tool.