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US 11,077,628 B2Granted
Method for repairing a composite part
AssigneeTextron Innovations Inc.
InventorsDenver Ray Whitworth, Vance Newton Cribb
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Abstract
A method for repairing damage to a composite part includes creating an aperture through the composite part and preparing the surfaces surrounding the aperture on both sides of the part; inserting a plurality of resin impregnated fibers through the aperture and spreading the end portions of the plurality of fibers radially against the prepared surfaces on both sides of the part; and maintaining contact of the plurality of fibers with the prepared surfaces while the resin cures.
Claims9
A composite panel, comprising:
- a body comprising a woven fiber and a resin, the body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the body defining an aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- and
- a plurality of fibers extending through the aperture and having first end portions secured to the first surface, second end portions secured to the second surface;
- wherein the aperture is filled with the plurality of fibers and a new resin;
- wherein the plurality of fibers comprises a portion of a braided tube.
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An aircraft, comprising:
- a fuselage;
- a system configured to generate lift;
- and
- a composite panel, comprising:
- a body comprising a woven fiber and a resin, the body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the body defining an aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- and
- a plurality of fibers extending through the aperture and having first end portions secured to the first surface, second end portions secured to the second surface;
- wherein the aperture is filled with the plurality of fibers and a new resin;
- and
- wherein the plurality of fibers comprises a portion of a braided tube.
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A composite panel, comprising:
- a body comprising a woven fiber and a resin, the body having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the body defining an aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- and
- a plurality of fibers extending through the aperture and having first end portions secured to the first surface, second end portions secured to the second surface;
- wherein the aperture is filled with the plurality of fibers and a new resin;
- further comprising a hole extending through at least a portion of the plurality of fibers and having a fastener extending through the hole.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.