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Patent No.:

US 12195201 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2021

Composite preform assembly method and apparatus

Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Daniel R. Smith, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Jeremy Evan Justice, Mill Creek, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:

Yee & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Matthew J Daniels

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/10 (2017.01); B29C 70/302 (2021.05); B29C 70/38 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B64C 3/26 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for fabricating a preform for a portion of an aircraft includes acquiring a sheet of broad good fiber reinforced material, trimming the sheet to form layup pieces having boundaries, placing the boundaries into alignment, arranging the layup pieces in a layup pattern to form a ply, performing a placement operation that transports the layup pattern onto a layup mandrel, and shaping the layup pattern into conformance with a contour of the layup mandrel.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Smith, Daniel. (2025). Composite preform assembly method and apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 12195201). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12195201

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