Aircraft heated floor panel
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorKevin C. Schramm
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Abstract
An aircraft floor panel (10) comprising a plurality of layers (18) cured together to form a lower support level (20) and an upper heater level (22), and a metal face sheet (16) for protecting the underlying layers (18) from floor-traffic related damage. A pressure sensitive adhesive (32) (or other adhesive which retains elasticity after bonding) is used to bond the metal face sheet (16) to the underlying support/heater layers (18) so that the different rates of thermal expansion can be accommodated during curing and cooling steps of the manufacturing process.
Claims25
An aircraft heated floor panel, comprising:
- a plurality of layers cured together to form a lower support level and an upper heater level;
- a metal face sheet for protecting the top of the panel from floor-traffic related damage;
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- a pressure sensitive adhesive bonding the metal face sheet to the underlying support/heater layers.
An aircraft heated floor panel, comprising:
- a plurality of layers cured together to form a lower support level and an upper heater level, these support/heater layers together having a certain rate of thermal expansion;
- a face sheet for protecting the top of the panel from floor-traffic related damage, the face sheet having a different rate of thermal expansion than the underlying support/heater layers;
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- an elastic adhesive bonding the face sheet to the underlying support/heater layers whereby the different rates of thermal expansion may be accommodated during curing procedures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.