Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for manufacturing an aeronautical structure
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Application No.: US16246678Application Date: 2019-01-14
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Publication No.: US11225015B2Publication Date: 2022-01-18
- Inventor: Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz , Enrique Guinaldo Fernández , Carlos García Nieto , Guillermo Hernáiz López , Jesús Javier Vázquez Castro , Diego Lastra Gil , Iker Vélez De Mendizábal Alonso , Alberto Arana Hidalgo
- Applicant: Airbus Operations S.L.U.
- Applicant Address: ES Getafe
- Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.U.
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.U.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Getafe
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: EP18382017 20180117
- Main IPC: B29C64/165
- IPC: B29C64/165 ; B29C64/118 ; B33Y10/00 ; B33Y70/00 ; B33Y80/00 ; B64C9/00 ; B29C70/08 ; B29C70/38 ; B33Y30/00 ; B64F5/10 ; B29K101/12 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K105/12 ; B29L31/30 ; B64C1/00 ; B29C70/68

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing, layer-upon-layer, an integral composite aeronautical structure, wherein the method comprises: (a) providing an additive manufacturing tool comprising a depositing mold shaping an aerodynamic surface and at least one head configured to be moved over the depositing mold and to deposit fibrous material reinforcement and/or meltable material; (b) depositing fibrous material reinforcement embedded within meltable material onto the depositing mold, at least one layer of a lower aerodynamic face-sheet being built thereby; (c) depositing meltable material onto at least a portion of the outer layer of the lower aerodynamic face-sheet, at least one layer of core structure being built thereby; and (d) depositing fibrous material reinforcement embedded within meltable material onto at least the outer layer of the core structure, at least one layer of an upper aerodynamic face-sheet being built thereby; wherein steps (b), (c) and (d) are performed using Additive Manufacturing technology.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190217536A1 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AERONAUTICAL STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-07-18
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