Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Large scale smart susceptor heater blankets requiring multi zone control
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Application No.: US15056297Application Date: 2016-02-29
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Publication No.: US10336013B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: James M. Kestner , Marc R. Matsen , Scott D. Billings , John A. Mittleider , Robert J. Miller
- 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: MH2 Technology Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: B32B41/00
- IPC: B32B41/00 ; B29C70/34 ; H05B3/34 ; B29K105/08 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
A processing apparatus such as a heating and/or debulking apparatus that may be used to debulk a plurality of uncured composite layers to form an article such as an aircraft component may include a plurality of interconnected smart susceptor heater blankets. The plurality of smart susceptor heater blankets may be connected in series or in parallel, and may be controlled to uniformly heat the component during formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170246815A1 LARGE SCALE SMART SUSCEPTOR HEATER BLANKETS REQUIRING MULTI ZONE CONTROL Public/Granted day:2017-08-31
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