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US 2016/0101878 A1Published application
Method of Repairing a Core Stiffened Structure
AssigneeBell Helicopter Textron Inc.
InventorsRobert Wardlaw, Brian S. Modrzejewski, Byron Mueller, Vance N. Cribb, III
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Abstract
A method of repairing a core stiffened structure, including removing a damaged portion of the core stiffened structure; bonding a shelf onto a first core member; bonding a second core member to a shelf; and securing a skin patch over the second core member.
Claims20
A method of repairing a core stiffened structure, the method comprising:
- removing a damaged portion of the core stiffened structure;
- bonding a shelf onto a first core member;
- bonding a second core member to the shelf;
- and
- securing a skin patch over the second core member.
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A repaired core stiffened structure, comprising:
- a lower skin;
- an upper skin;
- a core member;
- a cavity formed from a partial removal of the upper skin and the core member;
- a shelf bonded within the cavity;
- a repair core member bonded on the shelf within the cavity;
- and
- a skin patch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.