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Bladder mandrel package

US11179902B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Richard A. Prause · Charleston, US
Andrew E. Modin · Enumclaw, US
Allen Halbritter · Charleston, US
Richard E. Heath · Mount Pleasant, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 19, 2018
Grant date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bladder mandrel package, used to manufacture a composite structure, includes a mandrel and a wrap ply, surrounding the mandrel to form a wrapped mandrel. The bladder mandrel package also includes a first radius filler, coupled to the wrap ply at a first radius of the wrapped mandrel, and a second radius filler coupled to the wrap ply at a second radius of the wrapped mandrel. The mandrel, the wrap ply, the first radius filler, and the second radius filler are consolidated to from the bladder mandrel package.

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