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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2003
William T. Mead, Long Beach, CA (US);
John Potter, Camarillo, CA (US);
William T. Mead, Long Beach, CA (US);
John Potter, Camarillo, CA (US);
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods of forming shaped adhesive fillets are disclosed. The adhesive fillets may be made by stacking multiple layers of adhesive sheets, consolidating the stacked layers, cutting strips from the consolidated layers, and forming the strips into adhesive fillets having desired cross sectional shapes. The fillets may be formed by feeding the strips through an apparatus comprising opposing rollers and a catcher, which facilitates release of the adhesive fillets from the rollers. The formed adhesive fillets are useful for applications such as stiffened panels for aircraft.