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US 2023/0191728 A1Published application
Ply tacking devices, systems, and methods
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorsJEFFREY D. WOODS, DANIEL O. URSENBACH, MICHAEL VAN TOOREN, JONATHAN S. HUANG
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Abstract
A tacking device may comprise: a handle; a main body extending from a first end of the handle to a second end of the handle; and a plurality of soldering irons, each soldering iron in the plurality of soldering irons extending from a first side of the main body through the main body to a second side of the main body, each soldering iron in the plurality of soldering irons including a piercing end disposed on the second side of the main body.
Claims20
A tacking device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a main body extending from a first end of the handle to a second end of the handle;
- and
- a plurality of soldering irons, each soldering iron in the plurality of soldering irons extending from a first side of the main body through the main body to a second side of the main body, each soldering iron in the plurality of soldering irons including a piercing end disposed on the second side of the main body.
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A tacking device, comprising:
- a handle;
- a main body extending from the handle a first end of the handle to a second end of the handle, the main body comprising a first surface spaced apart from a second surface, the main body comprising a plurality of apertures extending through the first surface to the second surface;
- a plurality of spring elements;
- a plurality of retention elements;
- and
- a plurality of tacking elements, each tacking element in the plurality of tacking elements comprising:
- a piston head,
- a piercing end comprising a tip, and
- a piston rod extending from the piston head to the piercing end, the piston rod extending through an aperture in the plurality of apertures, a spring element in the plurality of spring elements disposed between a retention element in the plurality of retention elements and the second surface.
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A method, comprising:
- simultaneously tacking together, at each of a plurality of local areas, a plurality of plies of material comprising thermoplastic resin and fiber;
- and
- in response to simultaneously tacking the plurality of plies of material, forming a first tacked area comprising a plurality of pierced local areas.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.