Patent ID: 9375884
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: B29C,B29L,G01K,H05B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for thermal management of a composite repair, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of thermocouples arranged in a two-dimensional thermocouple array, the plurality of thermocouples being fixed in the thermocouple array at spaced relative positions, the plurality of thermocouples in the thermocouple array being fixed on a flexible panel that maintains a desired grid arrangement of the plurality of thermocouples in the thermocouple array and the spaced relative positions of the plurality of thermocouples in the thermocouple array, the thermocouple array fixed on the flexible panel being attachable to a composite structure and being dimensioned to cover over a repair area on the composite structure; at least one array target on the thermocouple array; a photogrammetric scanner system that is operable to optically scan the composite structure, the thermocouple array attached to the composite structure and the array target on the thermocouple array; a control system communicating with the plurality of thermocouples in the thermocouple array and receiving temperature information from a thermocouple of the plurality of thermocouples, the control system also communicating with the photogrammetric scanner system and receiving information scanned by the photogrammetric scanner system; and, an optical projection system in communication with the control system, the optical projection system being operable by the control system to project to a thermocouple position in the thermocouple array an identification of the thermocouple and information on the thermocouple real time temperature.