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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2013
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Charles Aitken, Savannah, GA (US);
Brenden Autry, Savannah, GA (US);
Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Savannah, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods for manufacturing a reinforced composite structure for an aircraft and devices used in such methods are provided. A method includes advancing a composite material layout through a cap-forming device. The advancing results in a preformed cap section, a first length of the layout and a second length of the layout. The layout is removed from the cap-forming device and the preformed cap section of the layout is arranged within a cavity of a flexible mandrel with a foot portion of the first length and a foot portion of the second length remaining outside the cavity of the flexible mandrel. The foot portion of the first length and the foot portion of the second length contact a skin structure. The layout is heated and pressurized using the flexible mandrel to cure the layout and form the reinforced composite structure affixed to the skin structure.