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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2011
Applicants:

Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);

Kim E. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Dykstra, Rockford, MI (US);

Inventors:

Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);

Kim E. Peterson, Bellevue, WA (US);

William Dykstra, Rockford, MI (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 35/00 (2006.01); B21D 37/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A composite fabrication apparatus which may include a first tooling die and a second tooling die movable with respect to each other; a thermal control system having induction coils disposed in thermal contact with the first tooling die and the second tooling die; a first die susceptor provided on the first tooling die and a second die susceptor provided on the second tooling die and connected to the induction coils; and a cooling system disposed in thermal contact with the first tooling die and the second tooling die. A composite fabrication method is also disclosed.


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