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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/10 (2006.01); B29C 43/12 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/12 (2013.01); B29C 66/00145 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 70/34 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/44 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01); B32B 5/00 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/10 (2013.01); B32B 37/1009 (2013.01); B32B 37/1018 (2013.01); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01); B29K 2313/02 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/1334 (2015.01); Y10T 428/1362 (2015.01);
Abstract
A vacuum bag assembly may include a bagging film and a tube bag. The bagging film may have a bagging film length and may be positioned over a composite layup and sealed to a tool surface having an inside corner. The tube bag may have opposing tube ends and a tube bag length and may be positioned over the composite layup along a length of the inside corner. Each one of the tube ends may be sealed to the tool surface along a first portion of a tube end perimeter edge and may be sealed to the bagging film along a second portion of the tube end perimeter edge such that each one of the tube ends is openable to atmosphere.