Composite structure with integrated hinge
AssigneeWisk Aero LLC
InventorsChris Van Pelt, James Joseph Tighe
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Abstract
A composite structure with an integrated hinge is disclosed. In various embodiments, the composite structure includes a plurality of layers of fiber reinforced polymer material; and a hinge structure comprising one or more layers of bendably flexible hinge material a first region of which is interleaved between adjacent layers of said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the composite structure and bonded to said adjacent layers by bonding material comprising said composite structure, and a second region of which extends beyond said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the composite structure.
Claims20
A composite structure, comprising:
- a first composite structure comprising a plurality of layers of fiber reinforced polymer material;
- a second composite structure comprising a plurality of layers of fiber reinforced polymer material;
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- a hinge structure joining the first composite structure to the second composite structure, wherein:
- the hinge structure comprises two or more layers of bendably flexible hinge material, a first region of each of the two or more layers of which is interleaved between adjacent layers of said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the first composite structure, a second region of each of the two or more layers of which is interleaved between adjacent layers of said layers of fiber reinforced polymer material comprising the second composite structure, and
- wherein the hinge structure includes an air gap between at least two of the two or more layers of bendably flexible hinge material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.