Skinned cell structures and methods of producing the same
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsGary E. Georgeson, Xiaoxi Wang
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Abstract
Skinned cell structures and methods of producing the same are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a placer to place foamable structures together to define a bundle, a restrainer to restrain the bundle, an activator to activate the foamable structures to expand and form a cell structure within the restrainer, a trimmer to trim the cell structure to define a core, and an assembler to couple a skin to the core to define the skinned cell structure.
Claims20
An apparatus to produce a skinned cell structure, the apparatus comprising:
- a placer to place foamable structures together to define a bundle;
- a restrainer to restrain the bundle;
- an activator to apply an activation agent to the foamable structures to form a cell structure within the restrainer;
- a trimmer to trim the cell structure to define a core;
- and
- an assembler to couple a skin to the core to define the skinned cell structure.
A method of producing a skinned cell structure, the method comprising:
- placing foamable structures together to define a bundle;
- restraining the bundle;
- applying an activation agent to the foamable structures of the bundle to define a cell structure;
- trimming the cell structure to define a core;
- and
- assembling the core to a skin to define the skinned cell structure.
A skinned cell structure comprising:
- a core including cells defined by foamable structures that have been bundled, restrained, and activated via an activation agent;
- and
- a skin coupled to at least one surface of the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.