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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Aaron W. Bartel, Mountlake Terrace, WA (US);
John B. Moser, Bonney Lake, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/04 (2006.01); B29C 53/42 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29L 23/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29K 79/00 (2006.01); B29C 53/38 (2006.01); B29C 53/84 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 53/04 (2013.01); B29C 53/42 (2013.01); B29C 53/385 (2013.01); B29C 53/84 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/36 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/5071 (2013.01); B29C 65/5085 (2013.01); B29C 65/56 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/1222 (2013.01); B29C 66/1224 (2013.01); B29C 66/1226 (2013.01); B29C 66/4322 (2013.01); B29C 66/49 (2013.01); B29C 66/53243 (2013.01); B29C 66/547 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/723 (2013.01); B29C 66/727 (2013.01); B29C 66/72523 (2013.01); B29C 66/72525 (2013.01); B29C 66/73921 (2013.01); B29C 66/81455 (2013.01); B29C 2791/006 (2013.01); B29K 2079/085 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2023/22 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1038 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a structural tube may include urging a substantially flat thermoplastic sandwich sheet against a mandrel and heating the thermoplastic sandwich sheet to a temperature below a glass transition temperature. The method may further include allowing the thermoplastic sandwich sheet to cool and removing the mandrel, thereby forming a tube portion.