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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Jose L. Encinosa, Lake Forest Park, WA (US);
Garrett C. Hanson, Renton, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B29C 70/44 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 43/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 43/203 (2013.01); B29C 33/38 (2013.01); B29C 70/44 (2013.01); B29C 70/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
A substantially rigid batten is attached to an external face of a vacuum bag to reduce wrinkling of the bag during vacuum bag compaction of a composite laminate layup.