Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for reducing ply wrinkling of composite laminates during forming
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Application No.: US15373347Application Date: 2016-12-08
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Publication No.: US10307974B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: William Thomas Kline , Christopher Gary Harris
- 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: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- Main IPC: B29C70/56
- IPC: B29C70/56 ; B29C43/32 ; B29C70/34 ; B29C70/54 ; B29K307/04 ; B29K309/08 ; B29L9/00
Abstract:
Ply wrinkling during hot drape forming of a composite laminate is reduced at corner radii. A tensioning material placed over an uncured composite laminate charge maintains a compressive force on the laminate charge as the charge is formed over a tool.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170087782A1 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PLY WRINKLING OF COMPOSITE LAMINATES DURING FORMING Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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