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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
In-situ, multi-stage debulk, compaction, and single stage curing of thick composite repair laminates
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Denver Ray Whitworth, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
Vance Newton Cribb, III, Grapevine, TX (US);
Dumitru Radu Jitariu, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B29K 105/24 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29C 73/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29C 2073/264 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0872 (2013.01); B29K 2105/246 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for fabricating a repair laminate for a composite part having an exposed surface includes applying a bonding material to the exposed surface and forming an uncured ply stack assembly on the bonding material. The uncured ply stack assembly is formed by forming and compacting a series of uncured ply stacks. The ply stack assembly and bonding material are then cured.