Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nested manufacturing of composite structures
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Application No.: US15683957Application Date: 2017-08-23
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Publication No.: US11331867B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Lawrence Arthur Gintert , Isaac William Nelson , Herbert Lee Skidmore , Michael Preston McKown , Larry Gene Stephens
- Applicant: Textron Aviation Inc.
- Applicant Address: US KS Wichita
- Assignee: Textron Aviation Inc.
- Current Assignee: Textron Aviation Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Wichita
- Agency: Erise IP, P.A.
- Main IPC: B29C70/54
- IPC: B29C70/54 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C70/34 ; B29C70/32 ; B29C33/30 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K309/08 ; B29C33/42

Abstract:
A manufacturing tool for forming composite structures includes at least one interchangeable mold template having a plurality of incorporated part shapes, and a backbone that connects to and supports the at least one interchangeable mold template during a process of laying up prepreg composite material to form a plurality of three-dimensional structures corresponding to the plurality of incorporated part shapes. A method for simultaneous manufacture of a plurality of composite structures includes providing an interchangeable mold template having a plurality of three-dimensional part shapes, fastening the interchangeable mold template to a backbone structure, laying up prepreg material over the interchangeable mold template to form a material layer, repeating laying up prepreg material to form a plurality of material layers each having a predetermined fiber orientation, and curing the plurality of material layers on the interchangeable mold template to form a plurality of structures corresponding to the three-dimensional part shapes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180056611A1 NESTED MANUFACTURING OF COMPOSITE STRUCTURES Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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