Patent ID: 9079365
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A curable assembly, which, upon the application of curing conditions will form a completed component or part component, the assembly comprising: a first curable sub-assembly part of composite fibre-reinforced, resin matrix material, a second curable sub-assembly part of composite fibre-reinforced, resin matrix material arranged against the first curable piece, a filler component arranged between the first and the second curable sub-assembly parts, the filler component formed from a material which is rigid relative to the material of the first and second curable sub-assembly parts before curing, whereby the filler component is arranged to be secured between the first and second curable sub-assembly parts on application of curing conditions so as to form the completed component or part component, the filler component having a first elongate member which has a cross section in the form of a concave ogive defining a first surface having a first profile and a second substantially opposite surface having a second profile, the first surface profile being shaped to fit against the first curable sub-assembly part, the second surface profile being shaped to fit against the second curable sub-assembly part, the filler component having a second elongate member arranged at a right angle to the first elongate member and having a cross section in the form of a part annulus such that the first elongate member and the second elongate member share a common plane, the filler component being arranged to apply or to react to a tooling load of at least one of the first or second surfaces during curing.