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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Brett I. Lyons, Chicago, IL (US);
Jens Rossfeldt, Green Valley, AZ (US);
Matt Wallen, Tucson, AZ (US);
Neal A. Froeschner, Florissant, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 43/36 (2006.01); B29C 33/50 (2006.01); B29C 33/52 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 43/54 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/3642 (2013.01); B29C 33/3842 (2013.01); B29C 33/505 (2013.01); B29C 33/52 (2013.01); B29C 43/54 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/44 (2013.01); B29C 70/446 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0012 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0059 (2013.01); B29L 2031/757 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A tooling system may include an outer mold line (OML) tool and one or more inner mold line (IML) tools. The OML tool may have an OML tool surface. Each one of the IML tools may have an IML tool surface and may be receivable within the OML tool. Each IML tool may be formed of expandable material. Each IML tool may apply an internal compaction pressure to a composite assembly positioned between the OML tool surface and the IML tool surface when the expandable material is heated.