Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods, systems, and devices for radio-frequency assisted removal of sealant
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Application No.: US15012572Application Date: 2016-02-01
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Publication No.: US09718221B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Darrin M. Hansen , Carissa Ann Pajel
- 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: Dascenzo Intellectual Property Law, P.C.
- Main IPC: B05D3/00
- IPC: B05D3/00 ; C08J7/18 ; G21H5/00 ; B29C41/42 ; B08B9/08 ; B65D53/06 ; B29C73/02 ; B29C73/26 ; B29C73/34 ; B29C35/08 ; B29C35/12 ; B29C41/00 ; B29C41/52 ; B29C65/00 ; B64C3/34 ; B64F5/45 ; B08B1/00 ; B08B7/00 ; B29L31/00 ; B29K85/00 ; B29K105/16 ; B29K505/00 ; B29L31/26 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
Cured flexible sealant may be removed from a substrate if the cured flexible sealant includes within its volume a susceptor such as metal susceptor particles. Removal proceeds by exposing the sealant with the susceptor to radio-frequency radiation sufficient to cause dielectric heating in the susceptor. The consequent heating in the cured sealant reduces the bond strength of the cured sealant. The reduced bond-strength sealant may be removed by physical methods, such as scraping etc., much more easily than the original (unexposed) cured sealant. Also disclosed are sealant compositions with susceptor, susceptor tools to introduce susceptor into cured sealant, and handheld radio-frequency heaters to apply radio-frequency radiation to cured sealant.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160151944A1 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY ASSISTED REMOVAL OF SEALANT Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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