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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Martin Wayne Hansen, Puyallup, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/30 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 33/301 (2013.01); B29C 33/307 (2013.01); B29C 70/30 (2013.01); B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stiffened composite panel is fabricated using modular tooling. Composite pre-preg is laid up and formed over forming block modules each of which is assembled by co-linearly arranging a plurality of forming block segments. The formed stiffeners are respectively transferred to individual cure tool modules that are assembled by co-linearly arranging a plurality of cure tool module segments. The stiffeners are assembled by arranging the cure tool modules side-by-side, and a composite skin is placed on the assembled stiffeners. The panel is vacuum bagged using a segmented vacuum bag.