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US 11,230,072 B2Granted
Apparatuses for fabricating a composite structure and reacting to a placement force
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsKeith D. Humfeld, Adam B. Lubchansky
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Abstract
An apparatus for fabricating a composite structure includes a tape placement machine including a delivery head configured to dispose a composite tape and a backing plate coupled to the tape placement machine and selectively located relative to the delivery head to react to a placement force applied by the tape placement machine as the composite tape is being disposed.
Claims20
An apparatus for fabricating a composite structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a tape placement machine comprising a delivery head configured to dispose a composite tape and apply a placement force when disposing the composite tape;
- and
- a backing plate coupled to the delivery head and selectively located relative to the delivery head,
- wherein:
- with the backing plate selectively located, the delivery head is movable relative to the backing plate to dispose the composite tape on the backing plate;
- and
- the backing plate reacts the placement force applied to the composite tape when the delivery head disposes the composite tape on the backing plate.
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An apparatus for fabricating a composite structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a mandrel to support formation of a composite panel of the composite structure;
- a tape placement machine comprising a delivery head configured to dispose a composite tape and a compaction roller configured to apply a placement force when disposing the composite tape;
- and
- a backing plate coupled to the delivery head and selectively movable relative to the delivery head to support formation of a composite stiffener extending from the composite panel,
- wherein the backing plate reacts the placement force back to the delivery head when the delivery head disposes the composite tape on the backing plate.
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An apparatus for fabricating a composite structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a tape placement machine comprising a delivery head configured to dispose a composite tape;
- a backing plate coupled to the delivery head and selectively located relative to the delivery head to react to a placement force applied by the tape placement machine as the composite tape is being disposed;
- and
- a first axis of linear motion, wherein the backing plate is linearly movable relative to the delivery head along the first axis of linear motion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.