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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Lee Alan Blanton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Joseph Meibers, Mason, OH (US);
Stephen Mark Whiteker, Covington, KY (US);
Matthew Bernard Buczek, Hamilton, OH (US);
Robert Paul Fairbanks, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Thomas Price, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Lee Alan Blanton, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gregory Joseph Meibers, Mason, OH (US);
Stephen Mark Whiteker, Covington, KY (US);
Matthew Bernard Buczek, Hamilton, OH (US);
Robert Paul Fairbanks, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Richard Thomas Price, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A mold tool for forming a reinforced matrix composite part for a gas turbine engine, comprising a body. The body comprises a body surface capable of receiving a first portion of a composite preform. A first endplate and second endplate are attached to the body and include a substantially planar surface disposed perpendicular to the body surface. A first and second set of plates are attached to the first and second endplate adjacent to the body surface and have a geometries that includes a first and second cavity bounded by the first and second plate and first and second endplate. The first and second cavities have a volume sufficient to receive a second portion of a composite preform. The second cavity is in fluid communication with the first cavity, which is in fluid communication with a vacuum source.