Vibration apparatus and methods of vibration
AssigneeToyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
InventorCurtis Longo
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Abstract
The present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration. In particular, the present invention relates to apparatus and methods of vibration for tooling in a structure, such as, for example, a fuselage. In one implementation, the tooling comprises at least two conductors that create a force to vibrate the media in the tooling, which improves the compaction of the media in the tooling and the extraction of the media from the tooling. Other implementations may be used for compaction and/or extraction of the media in the tooling.
Claims3
A method of extracting media from an elastomeric tooling with media, the media being added to provide rigidity during processing, comprising;
- inserting a vacuum into the tooling;
- removing media from the tooling using the vacuum;
- and
- vibrating the tooling during removing media to dislodge the media in the tooling,
- wherein vibrating further comprises:
- generating a first current flow in a first conductor located in the tooling thereby creating a first magnetic field around the first conductor;
- and
- breaking at least one clump of solid media in the tooling into smaller pieces of solid media to aid dislodgment of the media by producing a vibration in the tooling by generating a second current flow opposite the first current flow in a second conductor located in the tooling and being in proximity to the first conductor thereby creating a second magnetic field around the second conductor;
- wherein the first and second magnetic fields force the first and second conductors apart thereby producing the vibration in the tooling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.