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US 11,591,103 B2Granted
Multi-layer thermoplastic spray coating system for high performance sealing on airplanes
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorWeidong Song
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Abstract
Tunable multi-layer thermoplastic polymer sealants and tunable two-layer conductive thermoplastic polymer sealants, and substrates and assemblies comprising the tunable multi-layer sealants; and edge seals and fillet seals produced comprising such sealants; and substrates, components and objects comprising the tunable edge seals and fillet seals, and methods for making and applying such edge seals and fillet seals are disclosed.
Claims10
An assembly comprising;
- a first substrate;
- a second substrate joined to the first substrate;
- a multi-layer sealant located on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate, said multi-layer sealant comprising:
- a first thermoplastic polymer layer applied to a substrate, said first thermoplastic polymer layer comprising a first thermoplastic polymer, said first thermoplastic polymer comprising at least one:
- of a thermoplastic co-polyester, a co-polymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene, a thermoplastic polyurethane, a thermoplastic vulcanizate, a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer, a styrene block co-polymer, a fluoroelastomer, and combinations thereof;
- a second thermoplastic polymer layer deposited onto said first thermoplastic polymer layer, said second thermoplastic polymer layer comprising at least one of:
- a polyether ether ketone, a polyether ketone ketone, a polyamide, a polysulfone, a polyphenylsulfone, a polyetheramide, and combinations thereof;
- wherein the first thermoplastic polymer is different than the second thermoplastic polymer;
- wherein the first substrate and the second substrate are configured to be joined together to form an interface, said interface located between the first substrate and the second substrate;
- wherein the interface comprises at least one of a fillet seal and an edge seal;
- and
- wherein the first thermoplastic polymer layer applied to the at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate comprises an adhesion value ranging from about 10 lbs/in to about 30 lbs/in wide area in 90° peel test according to ASTM D6862-11(2016).
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