B29C 73/12
Apparatus therefor
Official title: Apparatus therefor, e.g. for applying (B29C73/30 takes precedence)
B29C73/12 (Apparatus therefor) appears on 139 US grants and 145 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 139
- Published applications
- 145
- Assignees
- 68
- Inventors
- 291
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Methods of repairing a contoured composite structure and making a repair tool6 Oct 2026US 12,752,502 B2The Boeing Company
- Systems and methods for locally curing composite structures15 Sep 2026US 12,734,771 B2The Boeing Company
- Method for repairing delamination and moisture by heat, pressure and adhesive30 Jun 2026US 12,668,051 B2
- Method and device for joining composite material elements14 Apr 2026US 12,600,099 B2Leonardo S.P.A.
- Method of repairing damage to a thermoplastic composite element10 Jun 2025US 12,325,200 B2Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze Spolka Z Orgraniczona Odpowiedzialnoscia
- Lignin-based electrically conductive layer for structural health monitoring and self-repair of bonded joints10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264352 A1The Boeing Company
- Tooling for pressurizing a work zone of a part made of composite material, robot equipped with such tooling and method for repairing such a part made of composite material using such tooling26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084386 A1Safran Nacelles
- Systems and methods for locally curing composite structures12 Mar 2026US 2026/0070292 A1The Boeing Company
- Repairing composite thermoplastic component using induction / conductive heating15 Jan 2026US 2026/0014762 A1Rohr, Inc.
- Systems and methods for locally curing composite structures6 Nov 2025US 2025/0340026 A1The Boeing Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Heating apparatus for composite structure repair48US 5,442,156 AThe Boeing Company · 1995
- Repair method for uniformly heating composite structure48US 6,270,603 B1The Boeing Company · 2001
- Adhesive attachment assembly34US 4,390,576 APhysical Systems, Inc. · 1983
- Method and apparatus for performing a repair on a contoured section of a composite structure34US 4,808,253 AGrumman Aerospace Corporation · 1989
- Method of securing an adhesive attachment assembly to a substrate30US 4,338,151 APhysical Systems, Inc. · 1982