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US 2023/0415428 A1Published application
Beaded panels and systems and methods for forming beaded panels
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsCorey A. Rolfes, Charles L. Norman, IV, Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber
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Abstract
A beaded panel includes a base panel and a beaded panel doubler made of a first fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite. The beaded panel doubler is joined to the base panel to supplement a stiffness of the base panel.
Claims20
A system for fabricating a beaded panel comprising a base panel and a beaded panel doubler, wherein the beaded panel doubler is joined to the base panel to supplement a stiffness of the base panel, the system comprising:
- a panel forming apparatus configured to form the beaded panel doubler, wherein the beaded panel doubler comprises beads and a web that interconnects the beads;
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- a panel joining apparatus configured to couple at least a portion of the web of the beaded panel doubler to the base panel.
A method for forming a beaded panel, the method comprising steps of:
- forming a beaded panel doubler, wherein the beaded panel doubler is made of a first fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite and comprises beads and a web that interconnects the beads;
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- joining at least a portion of the web of the beaded panel doubler and a base panel together to supplement a stiffness of the base panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.