Patent ID: 7419627

Claim:
A co-cured vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding manufacturing method comprising: providing a tool base; disposing a prepreg skin panel outwardly from the tool base; disposing one or more tooling details outwardly from the prepreg skin panel; disposing one or more preforms proximate the one or more tooling details, the one or more preforms being either dry or binderized; disposing a film adhesive between the prepreg skin panel and the one or more preforms; disposing a high permeability medium between the one or more tooling details and the one or more preforms; enclosing the prepreg skin panel, the one or more tooling details, the one or more preforms, and the high permeability medium with at least one vacuum bag; pulling a vacuum on the vacuum bag; infusing the one or more preforms with a resin; and curing the one or more preforms and the prepreg skin panel.