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Patent No.:

US 9604418 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2014

Method and apparatus for repairing composite components

Applicant:

Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;

Inventor:

Tassilo Witte, Stade, DE;

Assignee:

Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;

Attorney:

Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Justin Benedik

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/02 (2006.01); B29C 73/34 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/10 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29C 35/04 (2006.01); B29C 35/16 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/02 (2013.01); B29C 73/34 (2013.01); B64C 1/06 (2013.01); B29C 35/045 (2013.01); B29C 35/16 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0838 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0855 (2013.01); B29C 2791/005 (2013.01); B29K 2101/10 (2013.01); B29K 2105/08 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of repairing an affected area of a component of a fiber-reinforced polymer composite, especially having elongate or continuous reinforcing fibers in a polymer matrix, is disclosed. The method includes: providing a controlled atmosphere around the affected area of the component; heating the component in the affected area within the controlled atmosphere to cause pyrolysis or depolymerization of the polymer matrix in the affected area and thereby to remove the polymer matrix from the affected area; introducing polymer resin into a space left by the pyrolyzed or depolymerized matrix to refill the affected area.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Witte, Tassilo. (2017). Method and apparatus for repairing composite components (U.S. Patent No. 9604418). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9604418

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