Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHODS OF CO-BONDING A FIRST THERMOSET COMPOSITE AND A SECOND THERMOSET COMPOSITE TO DEFINE A CURED COMPOSITE PART
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Application No.: US16484793Application Date: 2018-03-15
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Publication No.: US20200055261A1Publication Date: 2020-02-20
- Inventor: Karl M. Nelson , Travis James Sherwood , Hardik Dalal , Felix N. Nguyen , Dongyeon Lee , Kenichi Yoshioka , Hideo Andrew Koyanagi
- Applicant: The Boeing Company , Toray Industries, Inc.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/022748 WO 20180315
- Main IPC: B29C65/00
- IPC: B29C65/00 ; B29C65/48 ; B29C65/02

Abstract:
Methods of co-bonding a first thermoset composite (TSC) and a second TSC to define a cured composite part are disclosed herein. The methods include partially curing the first TSC to a target state of cure (SOC) to define a first partially cured TSC. The partially curing is based, at least in part, on a maximum temperature of the first TSC during the partially curing and on an elapsed time that an actual temperature of the first TSC is greater than a threshold temperature. The methods further include combining the first partially cured TSC with the second TSC to define a partially cured TSC assembly and heating the partially cured TSC assembly to bond the first partially cured TSC to the second TSC, cure the partially cured TSC assembly, and produce a cured composite part.
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