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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2009
Applicants:
Robert D. Hawkins, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Andrew E. Modin, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Edoardo P. Depase, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Hawkins, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Andrew E. Modin, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Edoardo P. Depase, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A curved composite element is laid up over a tool having first and second curved tool surfaces possessing differing radii of curvatures. A plurality of composite fiber ply segments are arranged in substantially side-by-side relationship into a group. The ply segments are formed as a group onto the first curved tool surface, and the group is then formed from the first curved tool surface onto the second curved tool surface.