Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bends in composite panels
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Application No.: US14961718Application Date: 2015-12-07
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Publication No.: US09908283B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Stephen M. Young , Carl Aaron Davison , Will George Pfeffer
- 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: B29C53/04
- IPC: B29C53/04 ; B32B3/30 ; B32B3/28 ; B29C70/02 ; E04C2/24 ; E04C2/36 ; E04C2/00 ; B32B3/02 ; B29C53/06 ; B29D99/00 ; B32B5/26 ; B26D5/20 ; B23C3/34 ; B26D3/06 ; B32B3/12 ; B29L9/00 ; B29L31/60 ; B29K105/06 ; B29K105/00 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for forming a bend in composite panel. A method for forming a bend in a composite panel comprises forming a slot having a curved flange in the composite panel, inserting a sheet into the curved flange, and bending the composite panel with the slot and the sheet within the curved flange about a longitudinal axis of the slot to form the bend.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160158995A1 Bends in Composite Panels Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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