Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems for additively manufacturing composite parts
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Application No.: US15087882Application Date: 2016-03-31
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Publication No.: US10071545B2Publication Date: 2018-09-11
- Inventor: Samuel F. Harrison , Faraón Torres , Ryan G. Ziegler , Nick S. Evans , Ciro J. Grijalva, III , Hayden S. Osborn
- 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: B29C64/20
- IPC: B29C64/20 ; B33Y70/00 ; B29C69/00 ; B29C70/28 ; B05D1/26 ; B05D1/34 ; B05D3/06 ; B05D3/12 ; B29C35/16 ; B29C70/16 ; B29C70/38 ; B29C70/54 ; C09D5/00 ; B29B11/00 ; B29B11/16 ; C09D201/00 ; B29C47/00 ; B29C64/00 ; B29C64/106 ; B29C64/135 ; B29C64/129 ; B29C64/165 ; B29C64/386 ; B29C64/40 ; B29K105/00 ; B33Y10/00 ; B29L31/30 ; B29L31/00 ; B33Y30/00 ; B33Y40/00 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K105/10 ; B33Y50/02 ; B29K101/10 ; B29K105/12 ; B29C35/08 ; B29K105/06

Abstract:
A system for additively manufacturing a composite part is disclosed. The system comprises a housing and a nozzle. The nozzle is supported by the housing. The nozzle comprises an outlet, sized to dispense a continuous flexible line. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a photopolymer-resin component. The system also comprises a feed mechanism, supported within the housing. The feed mechanism is configured to push the continuous flexible line out of the outlet of the nozzle. The system further comprises a light source, supported by the housing. The light source is configured to deliver a light beam to the continuous flexible line after the continuous flexible line exits the outlet of the nozzle to at least partially cure the photopolymer-resin component of the continuous flexible line.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170028640A1 SYSTEMS FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE PARTS Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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