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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:
Aug. 18, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Hurst, TX (US);

Inventors:

Denver Whitworth, North Richland Hills, TX (US);

Anthony Bergerson, Cedar Hill, TX (US);

Michael Marvin, North Richland Hills, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/1018 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 66/80 (2013.01); B29C 66/82423 (2013.01); B29C 66/91221 (2013.01); B29C 66/91411 (2013.01); B29C 66/91445 (2013.01); B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B32B 37/003 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 2305/07 (2013.01); B32B 2398/00 (2013.01); B32B 2556/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of attaching a composite member to a structure. The method including forming a laminate of fabric impregnated with resin; applying heat at a first temperature to the impregnated laminate; applying vacuum at a first pressure to the impregnated laminate to degas the resin and form a degassed, impregnated laminate; positioning the degassed, impregnated laminate on a structure; and curing the degassed, impregnated laminate on the substrate by applying heat at a second temperature and by applying vacuum at a second pressure.


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