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US 12,623,377 B2Granted
Systems and methods for curing composite structures
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsXiaoxi Wang, Jonathan Y. Ahn, Jill E. Seebergh, Shuonan Dong
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Abstract
A composite curing system includes system includes a constraining container and an expandable medium. The constraining container includes a base and a cover and has an interior volume. The constraining container is configured to enclose at least a portion of a composite structure. The expandable medium configured to be disposed within the interior volume between at least a portion of the constraining container and the composite structure. The interior volume of the constraining container is selectively variable.
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A system comprising:
- a constraining container comprising a base and a cover and having an interior volume, wherein the constraining container is configured to enclose at least a portion of a composite structure;
- and
- an expandable medium configured to be disposed within the interior volume between at least a portion of the constraining container and the composite structure,
- wherein the cover comprises a plurality of walls and wherein at least one of the walls is movable relative to at least another one of the walls to selectively vary the interior volume of the constraining container.
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A system comprising:
- a constraining container configured to enclose at least a portion of a composite structure and comprising a base and a cover and having an interior volume, wherein the cover comprises a plurality of walls and at least one of the walls is movable relative to at least another one of the walls;
- an actuator configured to move the at least the one of the walls relative to at least another one of the walls to selectively vary the interior volume of the constraining container;
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- an expandable medium disposed within the interior volume between at least one of the walls and the composite structure.
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A system comprising:
- a constraining container comprising a base and a cover and having an interior volume, wherein the constraining container is configured to enclose at least a portion of a composite structure;
- and
- an expandable medium configured to be disposed within the interior volume between at least a portion of the constraining container and the composite structure,
- wherein the cover comprises a plurality of side walls and an overlay, and wherein at least one of the side walls is movable relative to at least another one of the side walls to selectively vary the interior volume of the constraining container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.