Multilayer riblet applique and methods of producing the same

US10105877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Diane C. Rawlings · Bellevue, US
• Bruce K. Keough · Kent, US
• Larry K. Olli · Seattle, US
• Alan G. Burg · Des Moines, US
• James M. Kestner · Seattle, US
• George Michael Granger · Redmond, US
• James Charles McGarvey · Issaquah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 23, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/10
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Multilayer riblet applique and methods of producing the same are described herein. One disclosed example method includes applying a first high elongation polymer material to a web tool, where the web tool is to be provided from a first roll, and heating, via a first heating process, the first high elongation polymer material. The disclosed example method also includes applying a second high elongation polymer material to the first high elongation polymer material, and heating, via a second heating process, the second high elongation polymer material. The disclosed example method also includes applying, via a laminating roller, a support layer to the second high elongation polymer material.