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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Ronald J. Measom, Hurst, TX (US);
James R. Stamper, Jr., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Robert Self, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Paul Sherrill, Grapevine, TX (US);
Paul Oldroyd, Azle, TX (US);
Neil Edward Morrow, Colleyville, TX (US);
Russell Cole, Euless, TX (US);
Assignee:
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 41/00 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 70/46 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/282 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29C 70/46 (2013.01); B29C 70/541 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49337 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of constructing a cured composite assembly includes positioning a composite assembly within a bonding tool, wherein the composite assembly comprises an uncured composite spar and a skin and performing a curing cycle on the composite assembly to simultaneously cure the uncured composite spar and bond the skin to the cured composite spar.