Sensor integration in the joining of structural elements
AssigneeAirbus Defence and Space GmbH
InventorsThomas Koerwien, Alois Friedberger, Andreas Helwig, Uwe Beier, Frank Weiland
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Abstract
A method for joining structural elements to a component made of at least one fiber-reinforced plastics material, includes providing at least two structural elements made of at least one fiber-reinforced plastics material having a particular matrix; providing at least one film element made of a thermoplastic heavy-duty material; arranging the at least one film element on a surface of one of the structural elements or between surfaces to be joined of the at least two structural elements to be joined; and producing the component to be joined in a curing process.
Claims18
A method for joining structural elements into a component made of at least one fiber-reinforced plastics material, the method comprising:
- providing at least two structural elements made of at least one fiber-reinforced plastics material having a particular matrix;
- providing at least one sensor film element made of a thermoplastic material;
- arranging the at least one sensor film element on a surface of one of the structural elements or between surfaces to be joined of the at least two structural elements to be joined;
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- producing the component in a curing process, wherein the at least one sensor film element is fused with the structural elements arranged on each side thereof such that the at least one sensor film element is integral to the component produced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.