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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2011
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, Iii, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Paul Edward Gray, North East, MD (US);
Roger Lee Ken Matsumoto, Newark, DE (US);
Jeffrey H. Boy, Wilmington, DE (US);
Philip Harold Monaghan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Joseph Halada, Newark, DE (US);
Herbert Chidsey Roberts, III, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Paul Edward Gray, North East, MD (US);
Roger Lee Ken Matsumoto, Newark, DE (US);
Jeffrey H. Boy, Wilmington, DE (US);
Philip Harold Monaghan, Hockessin, DE (US);
Joseph Halada, Newark, DE (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments of the present disclosure a method for modifying a composite article is described. The method includes positioning a plug made from composite material at a site on the composite article. The method further includes rotating at least one of the plug and the article at a rate of speed sufficient to form an inertia bond between the plug and the site of the composite article. The plug and the site are engaged to effect an inertia bond therebetween.