US 11,772,821 B2
Method of using a thermal transfer blanket system
Robert A DiChiara, Jr., Carlsbad, CA (US); Richard W. Burns, Edwardsville, IL (US); and Glenn B. Godinho, St. Louis, MO (US)
Assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/444,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,323, filed on Oct. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0119129 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B29C 73/34 (2006.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64F 5/40 (2017.01) [B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29C 73/34 (2013.01); F28D 20/0056 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0026 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of repairing an aircraft, the method comprising:
charging a thermal transfer blanket comprising a thermal energy storage media with thermal energy from a heat source;
positioning a thermally curable patch on an exterior surface of an aircraft, the thermally curable patch comprising an uncured polymer having a first temperature;
applying the thermal transfer blanket to the thermally curable patch; and
transferring thermal energy between the thermal transfer blanket and the thermally curable patch to increase the first temperature of the uncured polymer to a cure temperature for a sufficient amount of time to cure the polymer; and
wherein the thermal energy storage media comprises a material chosen from AlN, BeO, BN, diamond, Al2O3, and combinations thereof.