公开(公告)号：US20210379842A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-09

申请号：US17298423

申请日：2019-11-26

Applicant: SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICE GMBH

Inventor： ROBERT SCHIRNER

IPC: B29C70/34 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29D99/00 ,  F03D1/06

Abstract: A method for producing a component of a rotor blade, by providing a production mould (2) with a curved support surface (1), at least one flexible pultrudate (4) being laid onto the support surface (1), the at least one flexible pultrudate (4) being covered with a vacuum film (6), a vacuum being generated and the at least one flexible pultrudate (4) being pressed entirely onto the curved support surface (1) of the production mould (2) by the vacuum.

公开(公告)号：US20210362481A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-25

申请号：US17397855

申请日：2021-08-09

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Daniel M. Rotter ,  Brad A. Coxon ,  Gabriel Zane Forston ,  Jake Adam Reeves ,  Khanh Mai Pham ,  Stephen Lee Metschan ,  Patrick Shephard ,  John Dempsey Morris ,  Steven Philip Hansen ,  Brian Dodgson

IPC: B32B37/10 ,  B29C65/00 ,  B29C65/02 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29C70/46 ,  B32B5/10 ,  B32B27/38 ,  B32B37/00 ,  B32B37/06

Abstract: Systems and methods for assembling elongate composite structures are disclosed. The systems include a first rigid elongate cure tool defining a first elongate support surface for supporting a first elongate charge of composite material (FEC), a second rigid elongate cure tool defining a second elongate support surface for supporting a second elongate charge of composite material (SEC), and a flexible elongate caul plate. The systems further include a vacuum compaction film, a translation structure, and a vacuum source. Methods according to the present disclosure include positioning a vacuum compaction film, positioning a flexible elongate caul plate, and positioning an FEC. The methods further include positioning an SEC, contacting a region of the FEC with a region of the SEC, sealing the vacuum compaction film, evacuating the enclosed volume to generate an elongate composite assembly, and heating the elongate composite assembly to define the elongate composite structure.

公开(公告)号：US11179901B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-23

申请号：US16243021

申请日：2019-01-08

Applicant: Eric Hurdle

Inventor： Eric Hurdle

IPC: B29C70/44 ,  B29C70/48 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29C37/00 ,  B29C35/02

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for molding composite articles are disclosed. The method generally involves the saturation of reinforcing fibers (e.g. glass fibers, carbon fibers, etc.) with a matrix (e.g. resin, epoxy, cyanate ester, vinyl ester, polyester, etc.) in/on a mold using a conventional resin transfer molding (“RTM”) process (e.g. “RTM-light”) or a vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (“VARTM”) process (e.g. advanced VARTM or “A-VARTM”), and, once saturation is completed, the vibration of the matrix-infused fibers using controlled ultrasonic sound waves transmitted through the mold. By vibrating the matrix-infused fibers with the ultrasonic sound waves, the method and apparatus allow voids present between fibers to be closed and localized pockets of gases to be dislodged and degassed, and also allow the fibers to compact, thereby producing composite articles with reduced porosity and higher compaction.

公开(公告)号：US11173674B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-16

申请号：US16836157

申请日：2020-03-31

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Matthew Harper Hockemeyer ,  Younkoo Jeong ,  James Duvall Bollacker ,  Shatil Sinha

IPC: B29C70/44 ,  B29C33/54 ,  B29C70/46 ,  B29C33/38

Abstract: An applicator assembly for applying pressure to a composite structure includes an external frame, an applicator casing disposed substantially within the external frame, and an applicator disposed substantially within the applicator casing. The applicator casing includes a first membrane, and a first jamming material disposed within the first membrane. The applicator includes a second membrane, and a second jamming material disposed within said second membrane.

公开(公告)号：US20210339516A1

公开(公告)日：2021-11-04

申请号：US17376424

申请日：2021-07-15

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Allen Halbritter

IPC: B32B37/10 ,  B29C70/44

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for vacuum handling of composite parts. One embodiment is a method for performing vacuum securement of an object. The method includes covering the object with an impermeable membrane, locating a vacuum port at the impermeable membrane, and applying a negative pressure to the vacuum port that offsets air leaks between the impermeable membrane and the object.

公开(公告)号：US20210331353A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-28

申请号：US17301934

申请日：2021-04-19

Applicant: RSI HOME PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT, INC.

Inventor： Randall B. Hall

IPC: B29C33/50 ,  B29C33/40 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29C37/00 ,  B29C33/30 ,  B29C33/44

Abstract: The improved mold assembly for cultured marble molding is provided. The mold assembly can comprise a male mold portion and a female mold portion. The assembly can further comprise a molding tool. The molding tool can have a side wall having an upper curved s and a lower curved portion. The molding tool can be constructed from a flexible and/or soft material. The lower curved portion of the molding tool can be coated with a gel coat having a first color. The molding tool can facilitate molding of a countertop having a recessed bowl portion having a color different from a counter portion of the countertop.

公开(公告)号：US11155944B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-26

申请号：US15941619

申请日：2018-03-30

Applicant: NIKE, Inc.

Inventor： Giovanni Adami ,  Sam Amis ,  Sergio Cavaliere ,  Jessica Green ,  Stephen Hipp ,  John Hurd ,  James Molyneux ,  Thomas J. Rushbrook ,  Timothy J. Smith ,  Christianna Wincek

IPC: B29C51/02 ,  D04B1/24 ,  D04B1/16 ,  B29D35/06 ,  A43B1/00 ,  B29C51/00 ,  B29D35/14 ,  A43B13/04 ,  A43B23/02 ,  B29C51/26 ,  B41M1/12 ,  B41M3/00 ,  A41D31/00 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29D35/12 ,  D01F6/62 ,  D01F6/82 ,  A43B1/04 ,  A43B13/12 ,  A43D95/10 ,  A43D95/12 ,  A43B9/02 ,  A43D95/14 ,  A43D111/00 ,  A43D11/00 ,  B29L31/50 ,  B29D35/00 ,  B29K667/00

Abstract: Articles of wear having one or more textiles that include a low processing temperature polymeric composition and a high processing temperature polymeric composition, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The low processing temperature polymeric composition and the high processing temperature polymeric composition can be selectively incorporated into a textile to provide one or more structural properties and/or other advantageous properties to the article. The textile can be thermoformed to impart such structural and/or other advantageous properties to the article of wear. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

公开(公告)号：US20210316518A1

公开(公告)日：2021-10-14

申请号：US16845367

申请日：2020-04-10

Applicant: The Boeing Company

Inventor： Fei Cai ,  Weidong Song

IPC: B29C70/44 ,  B29C70/54

Abstract: An apparatus for consolidating fiber-reinforced resin material comprises a housing, comprising a barrel and a receptacle. The receptacle comprises a base, a lid, positionable relative to the base and relative to the barrel such that the housing is in an open state or a closed state, and a de-gassing port. The apparatus comprises a gasket that is in contact with the lid, the base, and the barrel when the housing is in the closed state. The apparatus comprises a piston, movable between a retracted position, in which the piston, in its entirety, is in the barrel, and an extended position, in which a portion of the piston is in the receptacle and another portion of the piston is in the barrel. The apparatus comprises a seal, which is in contact with the piston and the barrel, and a drive system, configured to control movement of the piston.

公开(公告)号：US11135741B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-05

申请号：US16482759

申请日：2018-02-06

Applicant: LM WIND POWER US TECHNOLOGY APS

Inventor： Kristian Lehmann Madsen

IPC: B29B11/16 ,  B29L31/08 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29K101/12 ,  B29K309/08

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a wind turbine rotor blade, to a wind turbine rotor blade obtainable by said method, to a pultrusion process for producing an elongated preform (97) for embedment in a wind turbine rotor blade and to an elongated preform (97) obtainable by said process. The blade manufacturing process involves a pultrusion process to obtain the preform (97), embedding the preform (97) within one or more parts of the blade, infusing a resin into said one or more blade parts containing the preform (97), and assembling the rotor blade including said one or more blade parts.

公开(公告)号：US20210299974A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-30

申请号：US17257634

申请日：2019-07-03

Applicant: Rolls-Royce plc

Inventor： Kevin Mee

IPC: B29C70/34 ,  B29C70/46 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29C70/44 ,  B29D99/00 ,  F01D5/28

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of manufacturing a composite component. A preform for the component is laid-up on a lay-up tool so that a first surface of the preform conforms to a lay-up profile of the tool. The preform is transferred to a forming tool comprising opposing first and second forming surfaces, each having a near net shape profile corresponding to a respective side of the component. The preform is formed in the forming tool to a near net shape of the component. The preform has a preform bulk in excess of the near net shape of the component prior to forming, and the lay-up profile is offset relative to the near net shape profile of the first forming surface to accommodate a proportion of the preform bulk. Accordingly, both the first surface and an opposing second surface of the preform displace during forming to conform to the respective near net shape profiles of the forming surfaces.