Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat shrinkable film tube and method for manufacturing hollow composite parts
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Application No.: US14943516Application Date: 2015-11-17
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Publication No.: US10293552B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Richard Heath , Andrew Elmer Modin
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B29C35/02
- IPC: B29C35/02 ; B29C65/00 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C47/06 ; B29C65/02 ; B29C65/66 ; B29C70/44 ; B29L9/00 ; B29L23/00 ; B29L31/30 ; B29L31/00
Abstract:
A film tube installed and sealed in a hollow composite part acts as an internal vacuum bag that eliminates the need for an internal mandrel to react compaction forces applied by autoclave pressure during curing of the part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170136687A1 Heat Shrinkable Film Tube and Method for Manufacturing Hollow Composite Parts Public/Granted day:2017-05-18
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