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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Negley, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Preston Geren, Shoreline, WA (US);
Robert James Miller, Fall City, WA (US);
Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark A. Negley, Bellevue, WA (US);
William Preston Geren, Shoreline, WA (US);
Robert James Miller, Fall City, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A thermoplastic welding apparatus includes a thermoplastic welding tool, at least one tooling surface in the thermoplastic welding tool, a magnetic induction coil in the thermoplastic welding tool and generally encircling the at least one tooling surface and at least one smart susceptor in the thermoplastic welding tool at the at least one tooling surface. The magnetic induction coil is adapted to generate a magnetic flux field oriented generally parallel to a plane of the at least one smart susceptor.