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US 11,260,957 B2Granted
Rupture fairings
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsJohn Cleveland Waldrop, III, Manny S. Urcia, Jr., Robert Ray Johnson, Samuel Jerome Huhman, Xue Liu, William A. Lamey, III, Anthony Roberts, Lucian Woods
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Abstract
Rupture fairings are disclosed. A disclosed example fairing for use with an aircraft includes a surface to at least partially define an exterior surface of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft, and a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, where the membrane defines at least a portion of the exterior surface.
Claims23
A fairing for use with an aircraft, the fairing comprising:
- a surface to at least partially define an exterior of the aircraft when the fairing is installed onto the aircraft;
- and
- a membrane to rupture during flight of the aircraft, wherein the membrane defines at least a portion of the surface, the membrane including a base portion having a first thickness and grooves extending therethrough, the grooves defining a second thickness of the membrane that is less than the first thickness, the membrane to rupture along the grooves.
An aircraft fairing comprising:
- a surface to at least partially define an exterior of an aircraft when the surface is placed onto an exterior opening of the aircraft;
- and
- a thinned membrane extending through a portion of the surface, wherein the thinned membrane includes a base portion having a first thickness and grooves that define a second thickness of the thinned membrane that is less than the first thickness, the thinned membrane to rupture along the grooves when a projectile from an interior of the aircraft impacts the thinned membrane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.