Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-cell heating blankets that facilitate composite fabrication and repair
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Application No.: US16504720Application Date: 2019-07-08
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Publication No.: US11623418B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Chathuranga Kuruppuarachchige , Edward Albert Wen , Josiah Hughes , Michelle Mahon
- Applicant: The Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VA Manassas
- Assignee: The Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: The Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Manassas
- Agency: Yee & Associates, P.C.
- Main IPC: B29C70/54
- IPC: B29C70/54 ; B29C73/34 ; B29C35/02 ; B64F5/10 ; B29K307/04 ; B29L31/30 ; B29K101/10 ; B29K105/08

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for curing a composite part. The method includes the steps of: disposing a heat blanket at a composite material; applying, with a controller, power to heaters distributed across multiple cells of a heat blanket to heat the composite material at the heat blanket; monitoring, with the controller, a temperature of the composite material at each of the multiple cells via thermocouples distributed across the multiple cells; and individually adjusting, with the controller, an amount of power applied to the heaters, for each of the multiple cells, in response to the monitored temperature and a target temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210008766A1 MULTI-CELL HEATING BLANKETS THAT FACILITATE COMPOSITE FABRICATION AND REPAIR Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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