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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2011
Applicants:
Scott Robert Johnston, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan Blake Vance, St. Louis, MO (US);
James William Fonda, Moscow Mills, MO (US);
Brett Ian Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Scott Robert Johnston, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jonathan Blake Vance, St. Louis, MO (US);
James William Fonda, Moscow Mills, MO (US);
Brett Ian Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/88 (2006.01); B22F 3/105 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2006.01); C22C 47/02 (2006.01); C22C 47/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/88 (2013.01); B22F 3/1055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0051 (2013.01); C22C 47/025 (2013.01); C22C 47/04 (2013.01); Y02P 10/295 (2015.11);
Abstract
A part is manufactured by introducing magnetic particles into a matrix material, and orienting the particles by coupling them with an electromagnetic field. The matrix material is solidified in patterned layers while the particles remain oriented by the field.