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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Matthew Kweder, Dublin, CA (US);
Bruno Boursier, Dublin, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Kweder, Dublin, CA (US);
Bruno Boursier, Dublin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hexcel Corporation, Dublin, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 75/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Composite pre-forms are molded at high pressure to form composite parts that can be used in place of metal-based high performance parts, such as the outlet guide vanes found in turbofan jet engines. The composite pre-forms include two different fiber orientations that are co-molded in a resin matrix at high pressures to provide composite outlet guide vanes and other high performance parts. Chambers within the composite part are optionally formed during molding of the pre-form at high pressures.