Panel structure with scored and folded facing
AssigneeHexacomb Corporation
InventorsLAWRENCE JAMES FRENCH, ROBERT EDWARD JAEGERS, SCOTT DAVID DANIEL
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Abstract
A panel structure having a low-density core that can withstanding loads normal to a first primary surface, and a first facing of high-density sheet material that can extend along the first primary surface. The high-density sheet material can be laminated on the core such that the laminated core and facing cooperatively resist bending loads and loads along the primary surface. The first facing can extend from the first primary surface on a side of the core along a secondary surface, which can be non-parallel to the first primary surface. The first facing can bend along a score line between the first primary surface and the secondary surface.
Claims26
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A method of making a panel structure, comprising:
- providing a laminate that includes:
- a high-density first facing, and
- a low-density core configured for withstanding loads normal to a first primary surface, the core laminated to the first facing along a first primary surface in an association that cooperatively resists bending loads and loads along the first primary surface;
- and
- using a cutting element, cutting completely through the low-density core sufficiently deeply to simultaneously score the first facing, thereby creating a first score line between a first portion and second portion of the first facing and completely cutting off a portion of the core so that the second portion of the first facing extends beyond the remaining portion of the laminated core.
A method of making a panel structure, comprising:
- providing a laminate that includes:
- a high-density first facing;
- a low-density core configured for withstanding loads normal to a first primary surface, the core laminated to the first facing along a first primary surface in an association that cooperatively resists bending loads and loads along the first primary surface;
- using a cutting element, cutting completely through the low-density core sufficiently deeply to simultaneously score the first facing, creating a first score line between a first portion and second portion of the first facing, wherein the cutting element completely cuts off a portion of the core so that the second portion of the first facing extends beyond the remaining portion of the laminated core;
- and
- removing the cut-off portion from the remaining portion of the core and first facing so that the second portion of the first facing extends beyond the remaining portion of the laminated core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.