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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Donald Lloyd Conaway, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Larry Dean Hefti, Auburn, WA (US);
Craig Eric Knowles, Wishaw, GB;
John Vincenzo Storr, Stepps, GB;
Alexander Sancho Garcia, Glasgow, GB;
Marco Bucconi, Paisley, GB;
David James Falconer Fyvie, Clarkston, GB;
Innes Ewan Edward Edridge, Scotstoun, GB;
Diego Gonzalez, Renfrewshire, GB;
Steven Pacifico, Coatbridge, GB;
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A removable hot box is disclosed that includes a lower hot box portion, including: a lower housing including a plurality of lower clamping structures to clamp the lower housing to a press and locating structures to provide repeatable placing in the press; and a lower heating platen, received within the lower housing, wherein the lower housing or the lower heating platen includes lower electrical connectors to provide a lower electrical connection to a heating system and lower cooling connectors to provide a lower cooling connection to a cooling system; and an upper hot box portion, positionable above the lower hot box portion and includes: an upper housing includes a plurality of upper clamping structures to clamp the upper housing to the press; an upper heating platen, received within the upper housing.