Patent ID: 7503758
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A replacement core fabrication tool for fabricating a replacement honeycomb core corresponding to a damaged area of a vehicle honeycomb core comprising: a. first and second guide plates, the guide plates each having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough; b. a plurality of independently extendable rods slideably disposable through corresponding apertures of the first and second guide plates to a selected depth into the damaged area to conform distal ends of the rods to a contoured inner surface of the damaged area, and to conform hollow areas within a resin body disposed within the damaged area to a honeycomb configuration of the honeycomb core; and c. a plurality of sleeves slideably disposed over distal end portions of the plurality of independently extendable rods for disposing the sleeves in the resin body while the distal end portions of the rods are pulled out of the resin body.