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US 9,757,803 B2Granted
Preform and method for reinforcing woven fiber nodes
AssigneeAlbany Engineered Composites, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Goering, Keith Edward Burgess
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Abstract
Preforms including fiber reinforced nodes for use in fiber reinforced composite structures and methods for making fiber reinforced composite structures. Preforms with woven fabric elements extending radially from a common node include at least one reinforcing fiber interwoven between at least two elements and passing through the node. A method of assembling preform structures using the preforms to provide a structure with reinforced nodes.
Claims5
A reinforced preform comprising:
- a plurality of commonly woven fabric leg reinforcement elements, wherein a reinforced common node consists of the plurality of commonly woven fabric leg reinforcement elements being edgewise joined and radially around and extending from the common node,
- wherein at least one reinforcing fiber from each of the plurality of leg reinforcement elements is woven through the node and into at least one other of the plurality of leg reinforcement elements;
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- wherein two of the plurality of commonly woven fabric leg reinforcement elements are substantially co-linear and lie on substantially a same curved surface and have an out-of-plane curvature along the length of the reinforced preform,
- wherein a line of intersection of the curved surface on which the two of the plurality of commonly woven fabric leg reinforcement elements lie, and the other commonly woven fabric leg reinforcement elements, is curved.
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