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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey D. Kendall, Duvall, WA (US);
Thomas J. Kennedy, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
William T. Kline, Burien, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/26 (2006.01); B29C 35/02 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/18 (2006.01); B29C 43/10 (2006.01); B29C 33/02 (2006.01); B29C 33/30 (2006.01); B29C 43/52 (2006.01); B29C 43/58 (2006.01); B29K 105/06 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/26 (2013.01); B29C 35/02 (2013.01); B29C 43/10 (2013.01); B29C 43/3642 (2013.01); B29C 65/18 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01); B29C 65/505 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); B29C 65/5071 (2013.01); B29C 65/5085 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/1162 (2013.01); B29C 66/5241 (2013.01); B29C 66/63 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 66/81811 (2013.01); B29C 66/81831 (2013.01); B29C 66/9192 (2013.01); B29C 66/91212 (2013.01); B29C 66/91231 (2013.01); B29C 66/91421 (2013.01); B29C 66/91443 (2013.01); B29C 66/91631 (2013.01); B29C 66/91951 (2013.01); B29C 66/9221 (2013.01); B29C 66/9241 (2013.01); B29C 66/961 (2013.01); B29C 70/44 (2013.01); B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B29C 33/02 (2013.01); B29C 33/30 (2013.01); B29C 43/52 (2013.01); B29C 43/58 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/128 (2013.01); B29C 66/14 (2013.01); B29C 66/5243 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/723 (2013.01); B29C 66/7212 (2013.01); B29C 66/73941 (2013.01); B29C 66/81261 (2013.01); B29C 2043/3615 (2013.01); B29C 2043/3649 (2013.01); B29C 2043/5816 (2013.01); B29K 2105/06 (2013.01); B29L 2031/003 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01);
Abstract
A heated tool assembly for forming a structural member may include a heated tool and a pressure bladder for mounting the structural member. The tool may have an inner surface, a liner in thermal contact with the inner surface of the tool, and a heating system for heating the tool. The heating system may include a heater for heating a heated medium, a blower for blowing the heated medium, and a plurality of nozzles for directing the heated medium over the tool liner.