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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2022
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Luis F. Velasquez, Ladson, SC (US);
Edward R. Duncan, Goose Creek, SC (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B29C 70/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for shaping a composite structure includes steps of: (1) holding a composite member in an initial contour along a length of the composite member; and (2) forming a final contour along the length of the composite member by: (3) sequentially shaping formed portions of the composite member while holding unformed portions of the composite member in the initial contour to form portions of the final contour; and (4) sequentially shaping the unformed portions of the composite member to form other portions of the final contour.