Structural member
AssigneeWilliams Advanced Engineering Limited
InventorIain Bomphray
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Abstract
The invention relates to a structural member comprising: a core portion that defines at least one anchor point, the core having at least one surface, a fibre tow arranged in a closed loop on the surface of the core portion, the loop defining a boundary of a space which contains the at least one anchor point, and a protective shell formed from a woven fibre sheet material which covers the fibre tow, and in which the core, fibre tow and the protective shell are impregnated and bound together by a cured resin. The invention also relates to a method of constructing a structural member.
Claims17
A structural member comprising:
- a core portion that defines at least one anchor point, the core having at least one surface,
- a fiber tow arranged in a closed loop on the at least one surface of the core portion, the loop defining a boundary of a space which contains the at least one anchor point,
- a protective shell formed from a woven fiber sheet material which covers the fiber tow, and
- between the at least one surface and the loop, an inner shell of woven material which includes a groove on a side facing away from the core portion that receives the loop and provides a guide for the loop during assembly,
- and in which the core, fiber tow and the protective shell are impregnated and bound together by a cured resin.
A structural member comprising:
- a core portion that defines at least one anchor point, the core having at least one surface,
- a fiber tow arranged in a closed loop on the at least one surface of the core portion, the loop defining a boundary of a space which contains the at least one anchor point, and
- a protective shell formed from a woven fiber sheet material which covers the fiber tow,
- in which the core, fiber tow and the protective shell are impregnated and bound together by a cured resin, and
- in which the core portion is provided with a groove on each outer surface that corresponds to a path followed by the loop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.