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- Patent Title: Bladder mandrel package
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Application No.: US17506056Application Date: 2021-10-20
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Publication No.: US11806949B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Richard A. Prause , Andrew E. Modin , Allen J. Halbritter , Richard E. Heath
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Arlington
- Agency: Walters & Wasylyna LLC
- The original application number of the division: US16224969 2018.12.19
- Main IPC: B29C33/00
- IPC: B29C33/00 ; B29C70/00 ; B29C70/44 ; B64F5/10 ; B29C33/50 ; B29C70/68 ; B29D99/00 ; B29L31/30 ; B64C1/06 ; B64C3/18

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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