Patents Examined by Teresea M Ekiert
  • Method for making a tool used to manufacture composite parts
    Patent number: 8316687
    Abstract: A method is provided for making a composite part layup tool. A surface of a base is shaped and used as a tool to incrementally form a metal sheet. The formed metal sheet is friction plug welded to the shaped surface on the base to form a metal tool surface of the layup tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Kevin T. Slattery