Appeal 2007-0407
Application 10/243,796
Appellants’ invention relates to a co-cured vacuum assisted resin
transfer molding manufacturing method. Representative independent claim
1, as presented in the Brief, appears below:
1. A co-cured vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding manufacturing
method, comprising;
providing a tool base;
disposing a prepreg skin panel outwardly from the tool base;
disposing one or more tooling details outwardly from the prepreg
skin panel;
disposing one or more preforms proximate the one or more tooling
details, the one or more preforms being either dry or binderized;
disposing a high permeability medium between the one or more
tooling details and the one or more preforms;
enclosing the prepreg skin panel, the one or more tooling details,
the one or more preforms, and the high permeability medium with at least
one vacuum bag;
pulling a vacuum on the vacuum bag;
infusing the one or more preforms with a resin; and
curing the one or more preforms and the prepeg skin panel.
The Examiner relies on the following references in rejecting the
appealed subject matter:
Palmer ...................................... US 4,942,013 Jul. 17, 1990
Waldrop, III............................... US 2002/0022422 A1 Feb. 21, 2002
McKague, Jr.............................. US 2003/0051434 A1 Mar. 20, 2003
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