Patent ID: 9059517
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: B05B,B05C,B32B,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A system for assembling a conformal array, wherein the conformal array includes a structural back skin and a core connected to the structural back skin, wherein the core includes radiating elements that are electrically interconnected with a circuit board opposite the structural back skin, and wherein the structural back skin and the core collectively define an open cell having edges defined by adjacent inner faces of the open cell, the system comprising: an adhesive source for supplying adhesive to the edges of the open cell; an outer tool configured to be inserted into the open cell, wherein the outer tool defines a cavity and a pathway configured to distribute adhesive from the adhesive source to the edges of the open cell; and an inner tool configured to be inserted into the cavity of the outer tool, wherein the inner tool defines a conduit configured to receive adhesive from the adhesive source and to deliver adhesive to the pathway of the outer tool; wherein the outer tool is configured to not engage the edges of the open cell when the outer tool is operatively positioned within the open cell, thereby defining voids between the outer tool and the inner faces along the edges; wherein the outer tool has a perpendicular cross-sectional profile that is generally polygonal and that corresponds to a perpendicular cross-sectional profile of the open cell; and wherein the pathway of the outer tool includes channels that fluidly interconnect the cavity of the outer tool to vertices of the generally polygonal perpendicular cross-sectional profile of the outer tool and thus to corners of the open cell when the outer tool is operatively positioned within the open cell.