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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert D. Hawkins, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Kurtis S. Willden, Kent, WA (US);
Andrew E. Modin, Daniel Island, SC (US);
Edoardo Depase, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Michael L. Glain, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Adam Mussi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Max U. Kismarton, Renton, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method is presented. The method comprises identifying a desired shape of a ply on a tool, in which the ply has a fiber orientation; identifying a cut shape for the ply, in which the cut shape is different than the desired shape; cutting a composite prepreg ply to have the cut shape, the composite prepreg ply having the fiber orientation; using a deformable carrier to apply the composite prepreg ply having the cut shape to the tool such that the composite prepreg ply has the desired shape on the tool.