A method is provided for managing the temperature of heat sensitive material located near a repair patch being thermally cured on a composite skin using a heating blanket. The method comprises configuring an assembly of thermally conductive cooling blocks to fit within a space between the heating blanket and the heat sensitive material. The assembly of thermally conductive cooling blocks is then installed against the skin within the space, forming a heat sink that conducts a portion of heat out of the composite skin away from the heat sensitive material.

A fixture for repairing a fan blade may comprise a base having a first side, a second side, a tip end, and a foot end, a first support coupled at the first side and perpendicular to the base, a second support coupled at the second side and perpendicular to the base, and a footboard, perpendicular to the base coupled orthogonally between the first support and the second support at the foot end of the base, wherein the footboard comprises a chuck adapted to receive the foot of a fan blade.

A display device comprising a display (2), with electronic components, and a transparent front pane (1) arranged in front of the display. The display (2) is connected to a support (3) and is adjustable mounted along an axis extending perpendicularly to the planes defined by the surfaces of the front pane (1) and the display (2) between a minimum value distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1) and a maximum value for the distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1). The display device has a mechanism (4, 15) by which the distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1) can be dynamically modified as a function of the temperature. When the temperature falls below a lower threshold, the distance assumes the minimum value, and, when the temperature is above the lower threshold, the distance is increased up to an upper threshold.

A display device comprising a display (2), with electronic components, and a transparent front pane (1) arranged in front of the display. The display (2) is connected to a support (3) and is adjustable mounted along an axis extending perpendicularly to the planes defined by the surfaces of the front pane (1) and the display (2) between a minimum value distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1) and a maximum value for the distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1). The display device has a mechanism (4, 15) by which the distance between the display (2) and the front pane (1) can be dynamically modified as a function of the temperature. When the temperature falls below a lower threshold, the distance assumes the minimum value, and, when the temperature is above the lower threshold, the distance is increased up to an upper threshold.

The present invention provides methods for the manufacture of body line templates, and for the use of those templates to repair the body lines of motor vehicle body panels. The present invention improves body line repair by restoring body lines more precisely and in the fraction of time it would typically take. Templates are often used in the industry to cut and forge body panels or body panel pieces, but not for repairing body lines. The original pattern for a body line template is made from an undamaged, perfectly contoured panel, such as a quarter panel, door panel or fender. The body line templates are used as a guide to restore the original shape of the body line on a damaged body panel. The templates are also used as a guide to more easily perfect the body lines by manipulating the applied body filler. In this way, repair time can be reduced by fifty, or as much as seventy-five, percent.

The present invention provides methods for the manufacture of body line templates, and for the use of those templates to repair the body lines of motor vehicle body panels. The present invention improves body line repair by restoring body lines more precisely and in the fraction of time it would typically take. Templates are often used in the industry to cut and forge body panels or body panel pieces, but not for repairing body lines. The original pattern for a body line template is made from an undamaged, perfectly contoured panel, such as a quarter panel, door panel or fender. The body line templates are used as a guide to restore the original shape of the body line on a damaged body panel. The templates are also used as a guide to more easily perfect the body lines by manipulating the applied body filler. In this way, repair time can be reduced by fifty, or as much as seventy-five, percent.

An expiration date notification method uses an information terminal device that comprises a storage unit that stores an expiration date of a puncture repair liquid contained in a container; a notification condition setting unit that sets a notification period and a notification method for notifying of a replacement period of the puncture repair liquid based on the expiration date stored in the storage unit; a notifying unit that notifies of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid; and a control unit that controls the notifying unit based on settings of the notification condition setting unit, the method comprising: after the expiration date is input into the storage unit of the information terminal device, the information terminal device notifying of the replacement period of the puncture repair liquid within a preset notification period including before and after the expiration date of the puncture repair liquid via a preset notification method.

A method and apparatus for manufacturing or repairing a part. The method includes building a fixture for retaining the part using an additive manufacturing apparatus, wherein material is consolidated using an energy beam, the fixture built on a build plate retained in a set position within the additive manufacturing apparatus, mounting the part to the fixture and causing the additive manufacturing apparatus to consolidate material onto the part when the build plate, with the fixture and part attached thereto, is retained substantially in the set position.

A method and apparatus for manufacturing or repairing a part. The method includes building a fixture for retaining the part using an additive manufacturing apparatus, wherein material is consolidated using an energy beam, the fixture built on a build plate retained in a set position within the additive manufacturing apparatus, mounting the part to the fixture and causing the additive manufacturing apparatus to consolidate material onto the part when the build plate, with the fixture and part attached thereto, is retained substantially in the set position.

An aerial drone for repairing holes or punctures in a membrane on a roof, wherein the aerial drone includes at least one camera for recording a section of the membrane, a 3D printer adapted to print onto the section of the membrane, wherein the 3D printer is controllable wirelessly from a different altitude and/or the ground.