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US 2023/0079677 A1Published application
Component with structured panel(s) and methods for forming the component
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorAndrew J. Strutt
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Abstract
A manufacturing method is provided during which a plurality of first apertures are formed in a first plate to provide an apertured first plate. The apertured first plate is configured from or otherwise includes first plate metal. A first sheet is bonded to the apertured first plate to form a first grid structure. The first apertures extend through the apertured first plate to the first sheet. The first sheet is configured from or otherwise includes first sheet metal.
Claims20
A manufacturing method, comprising:
- forming a plurality of first apertures in a first plate to provide an apertured first plate, the apertured first plate comprising first plate metal;
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- bonding a first sheet to the apertured first plate to form a first grid structure, the plurality of first apertures extending through the apertured first plate to the first sheet, and the first sheet comprising first sheet metal.
A manufacturing method, comprising:
- disposing an assembly of component elements within a cavity of a base die, wherein the cavity projects vertically into the base die to a cavity bottom surface, and the cavity extends laterally within the base die to a cavity first side surface that is angularly offset from the cavity bottom surface by an obtuse angle;
- arranging a first interior die with the assembly of component elements;
- pushing the first interior die against the assembly of component elements to clamp the assembly of component elements laterally between the cavity first side surface and the first interior die and vertically between the cavity bottom surface and the first interior die;
- and
- brazing the assembly of component elements together, while clamped between the first interior die and the base die, to form a component that comprises a first grid structure.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first orthogrid structure including an apertured first plate bonded to a non-apertured first sheet, a plurality of first apertures extending through the apertured first plate to the non-apertured first sheet;
- a second orthogrid structure including an apertured second plate bonded to a non-apertured second sheet, a plurality of second apertures extending through the apertured second plate to the non-apertured second sheet;
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- a fitting between and bonded to the first orthogrid structure and the second orthogrid structure;
- the first orthogrid structure, the second orthogrid structure and the fitting each comprising metal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.