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US 2014/0220295 A1Published application
Preform and Method for Reinforcing Woven Fiber Nodes
AssigneeAlbany Engineered Composites, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Goering, Keith Edward Burgess
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Abstract
Preforms including fiber reinforced nodes for use in fiber reinforced composite structures and methods for making fiber reinforced composite structures. Preforms with woven fabric elements extending radially from a common node include at least one reinforcing fiber interwoven between at least two elements and passing through the node. A method of assembling preform structures using the preforms to provide a structure with reinforced nodes.
Claims11
A woven preform structure comprising:
- a plurality of reinforced preforms forming hexagonal cells, each preform comprising three leg elements radially extending from a common node,
- wherein at least one of the legs of each preform are an inside leg that defines one or more sides of the hexagonal cell, and
- wherein the inside legs from each of the nodes of each of the performs form a hexagonal cell of the woven preform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.