Inflatable Structure and Method
OwnerRichard James Huntley Lott, Christopher Gabriel Williams +2inventors
InventorsRichard James Huntley Lott, Christopher Gabriel Williams, Paul Travor Hayden, David Little
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Abstract
An inflatable structure (300) made from a composite material, wherein the inflatable structure is manufactured from at least two formed material sheets (315) that are cut out of the composite material according to a predefined cut-out structure (320), and wherein the formed material sheets are glued together at respective joins (330) of the formed material sheets via a respective double-sided adhesive tape (340).
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An inflatable structure (300) manufactured from at least two formed material sheets (315) that are cut out of the composite material (100) according to a predefined cut-out structure (320),
- wherein the composite material (100) is comprising a plurality of layers (105) with at least one layer of fibers (110) that are arranged in parallel, wherein each layer of fibers (110) is impregnated with a resin, in particular a thermosetting resin, and exposed to a prepreg process in which each layer of fibers (110) is respectively pressed under a predetermined pressure, and wherein the plurality of layers (105) is stacked and consolidated by a curing of the composite material (100) under heat and/or pressure,
- wherein the formed material sheets (315) are glued together at respective joins (330) of the formed material sheets (315),
- and wherein the joins (330) of the formed material sheets (315) are glued together via a respective double-sided adhesive tape (340).
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