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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Chapman, Federal Way, WA (US);
Khanh Mai Pham, Kent, WA (US);
Derek Paul Vetter, Olympia, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B32B 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 53/04 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/04 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B32B 1/00 (2013.01); B32B 38/0012 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1031 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24628 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus is presented. Layers of composite material are laid down on a forming tool. A respective bend is formed in each of the layers to form the composite filler comprising bent layers on the forming tool. The composite filler comprising the bent layers is placed into a gap formed by at least one composite structure.