Reusable Composite Curing System

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Michael Kenneth-Que Louie of Renton WA (US)

Reusable Composite Curing System

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240416599 titled 'Reusable Composite Curing System

Original Abstract Submitted

a reusable composite curing system comprising a reusable bladder; an end fitting sealed to the reusable bladder, the end fitting containing a passage in communication with an interior of the reusable bladder and a first half of the pneumatic connector secured within the end fitting and in communication with the passage; and a cure tool having a venting channel extending from a supporting surface of the cure tool and exiting through one of an underside or a side of the cure tool, and a second half of a pneumatic connector secured within the venting channel; the first half of the pneumatic connector releasable from the second half of the pneumatic connector while maintaining the second half of the pneumatic connector in the cure tool and while maintaining the first half of the pneumatic connector in the end fitting.