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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Zachary T. Verran, Ladson, SC (US);
Greg M. Reyneke, Everett, WA (US);
Gregory J. Hickman, Ladson, SC (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a tensioned tooling assembly for a thermoplastic composite stamp forming process. The tensioned tooling assembly includes a bottom tool having a bottom tool outer flange with a bottom end, a bottom tool outer radius, and a bottom tool outer curved surface. The bottom tool includes a plurality of tensioning protruding portions spaced apart on, and outwardly extending from, the bottom tool outer curved surface. Each tensioning protruding portion defines an angle formed from the bottom tool outer radius to the bottom end. The tensioned tooling assembly further includes a top tool having a top tool outer flange with a bottom end, a top tool outer radius, and a top tool outer curved surface. The top tool includes a plurality of corresponding portions formed in, and spaced apart on, the top tool outer curved surface, the plurality of corresponding portions corresponding to the plurality of tensioning protruding portions.