Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method of forming a tube from a thermoplastic sandwich sheet
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Application No.: US13621991Application Date: 2012-09-18
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Publication No.: US09956718B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Aaron W. Bartel , John B. Moser
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: B29C53/04
- IPC: B29C53/04 ; B29C53/42 ; B29L31/30 ; B29C65/08 ; B29C65/36 ; B29C65/50 ; B29C65/56 ; B29L23/00 ; B29C65/00 ; B29K79/00 ; B29C53/38 ; B29C53/84 ; B29K101/12 ; B29L9/00 ; B29C65/48
Abstract:
A method of forming a structural tube may include urging a substantially flat thermoplastic sandwich sheet against a mandrel and heating the thermoplastic sandwich sheet to a temperature below a glass transition temperature. The method may further include allowing the thermoplastic sandwich sheet to cool and removing the mandrel, thereby forming a tube portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140076479A1 METHOD OF FORMING A TUBE FROM A THERMOPLASTIC SANDWICH SHEET Public/Granted day:2014-03-20
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