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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Marc Rollo Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US);
Max U. Kismarton, Renton, WA (US);
Paul Stevenson Gregg, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Lee Charles Firth, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 33/06 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 15/08 (2013.01); B29C 33/06 (2013.01); B29C 35/0272 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29D 99/0014 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0811 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B32B 2305/024 (2013.01); B32B 2307/208 (2013.01); B32B 2311/18 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1355 (2015.01); Y10T 428/31678 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.