Patent ID: 11969958
Assignee: ROHR, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F | IPC B

Claim 18:
19. A method for manufacturing a fuel reservoir, comprising:
stamp forming baffle thermoplastic material to form a baffle of the fuel reservoir;
wrapping fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material around the baffle using an in-situ fiber placement device to form a sidewall of the fuel reservoir, the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material comprising fiber reinforcement within sidewall thermoplastic material, and the baffle disposed with a mandrel during the forming of the sidewall;
heating the sidewall thermoplastic material as the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material is being wrapped to bond the sidewall thermoplastic material to the baffle thermoplastic material;
removing the mandrel from the sidewall; and
bonding an endwall to the sidewall following the removing of the mandrel.