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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Daniel M. Rotter, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Paul Chih-Yung Chang, Woodinville, WA (US);
Brad A. Coxon, Everett, WA (US);
Paul E. Nelson, University Place, WA (US);
Kimberlee Madden, Redmond, WA (US);
Henry Macias, Auburn, WA (US);
Jennifer Sue Noel, Kent, WA (US);
Eugene H. Jeppesen, Kent, WA (US);
Kurtis S. Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Arvid J. Berg, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard V. Phillips, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Stephen Lee Metschan, Black Diamond, WA (US);
Stephen K. Kirchmeier, Bothell, WA (US);
Joseph D. Anderson, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott A. Boner, North Bend, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing the skin segment to the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The assembling includes transferring a respective ply kit of the plurality of ply kits to a non-planar transfer tool, compacting the respective ply kit on the non-planar transfer tool, and repeating the transferring and the compacting for each ply kit in the plurality of ply kits to form the skin segment.