Composite Panel Core Structure
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsGrant HENSON, Forrest BABER, Daniel Gene DUNN, Reza SARRAFI-NOUR
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Abstract
A core structure for a composite panel including the core structure and one or more composite sheets includes a plurality of hollow ceramic cells, each of the plurality of hollow ceramic cells defined by a plurality of ceramic walls, each of the plurality of ceramic walls extending from a top to a bottom and at least one composite ply extending from the top of a first one of the plurality of walls to the bottom of the first one of the plurality of walls and extending from the first wall of the plurality of ceramic walls to a second wall of the plurality of ceramic walls and across a seam defined by the first wall and the second wall.
Claims20
A core structure for a composite panel including the core structure and one or more composite sheets, the core structure comprising:
- a plurality of hollow ceramic cells, each of the plurality of hollow ceramic cells defined by a plurality of ceramic walls, each of the plurality of ceramic walls extending from a top to a bottom;
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- at least one composite ply extending from the top of a first wall of the plurality of ceramic walls to the bottom of the first wall of the plurality of walls and extending from the first wall of the plurality of ceramic walls to a second wall of the plurality of ceramic walls and across a seam defined by the first wall and the second wall.
A composite panel comprising:
- a core structure comprising:
- a plurality of hollow ceramic cells, each of the plurality of hollow ceramic cells including a top and a bottom;
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- at least one composite ply extending from the top of a first hollow ceramic cell of the plurality of hollow ceramic cells to the bottom of the first hollow ceramic cell and extending across a seam of the first hollow ceramic cell;
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- a composite sheet extending across the respective tops of each of the plurality of hollow ceramic cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.