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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Marc Rollo Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert James Miller, Fall City, WA (US);
Brian W. Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
Geoffrey Allen Butler, Seattle, WA (US);
Karl Marius Nelson, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 11/00 (2006.01); H05B 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/00 (2013.01); B29C 35/0227 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0811 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0816 (2013.01);
Abstract
The thermal cycle time for curing a thermoset composite part in an autoclave is reduced by placing a heating blanket in proximity to an area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat, and inductively heating the area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat using the heating blanket.