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US 8,025,752 B2Granted
Method of fabricating conductive composites
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsWilliam H. Fossey, Jr., Laura A. Cuthbert, Joseph A. Sarcione
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a conductive composite wherein at least one predetermined electrical access area of a conductive material is coated with a maskant. The conductive material is included in a composite ply lay-up which is cured and then the maskant is removed from the conductive material.
Claims22
A method of fabricating a conductive composite, the method comprising:
- coating at least one predetermined electrical access area of a conductive material with a liquid maskant solution;
- curing the liquid maskant solution;
- including the conductive material in a composite ply lay-up;
- curing the lay-up;
- and
- removing the maskant from the conductive material.
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A method of fabricating a conductive composite, the method comprising:
- masking all but a predetermined electrical access area of a conductive material with a mask;
- coating the predetermine electrical access area of the conductive material with a liquid maskant;
- curing the liquid maskant;
- removing the mask;
- including the conductive material in a composite ply lay-up with composite plies under the conductive material and at least one composite ply on the conductive material;
- curing the lay-up by subjecting said lay-up to elevated temperatures and pressures;
- and
- removing the maskant from the conductive material, the maskant selected to withstand the elevated temperatures and pressures used during the lay-up curing step but also removable from the conductive material after curing of the lay-up.
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A method of fabricating a conductive composite, the method comprising:
- impregnating at least one predetermined electrical access area of a conductive mesh material with a maskant;
- curing the maskant;
- including the conductive material in a composite ply lay-up;
- curing the lay-up;
- and
- removing the maskant from the conductive material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.