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US 2006/0188696 A1Published application
Reinforced rampdown for composite structural member and method for same
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsDouglas Grose, Marc Piehl, Douglas Frisch, Joseph Sweetin, Gary Peffers
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Abstract
A composite member with a reinforced rampdown or taper has a composite noodle bonded to an end of a core to fill the taper.
Claims15
A composite sandwich panel comprising:
- at least two laminate sheets defining a space in the form of a taper;
- and
- a laminate support member filling the taper.
A method of forming a composite member, comprising:
- covering a core with the laminate face sheets;
- disposing a laminate support member between the laminate sheets and the core in a taper region defined by diverging sheets;
- and
- curing resin in the sheets.
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A method of forming a composite member, comprising:
- disposing a core on a first laminate;
- disposing a laminate support member on the first laminate adjacent the core;
- disposing a second laminate over the core and laminate support member;
- and
- curing the first and second laminate such that the laminates define a taper with the laminate support member in the taper.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.