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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2013
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Peter D. McCowin, Enumclaw, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 70/38 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B29C 70/386 (2013.01); B29C 70/388 (2013.01); B29C 70/545 (2013.01); B29C 70/382 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1052 (2015.01); Y10T 156/12 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a composite layup on a substrate comprises: moving an automatic fiber placement head over the substrate; using the fiber placement head to lay down multiple, parallel strips of composite tape on the substrate, including staggering the start of at least certain of the tape strips so as to form a contour pattern; and, cutting the ends of all of the tape strips using a single cut.