The Boeing Company

Brent A Robbins

Jeffrey Lynn Duce

Hardik Dalal

Yelina Rosillo

Breana K Merriweather

Patrick F Cassidy

A composite part comprising an electronic device and method for making the same. A primer is deposited on a surface of the composite part. An electronic device comprising a group of conductive elements is deposited on the primer. An embodiment may include the group of conductive elements within a layer of material co-bonded to the composite part. Power may be supplied to a device connected to the composite part through current flowing through the group of conductive elements.

Integrated wiring system for composite structures

A method for manufacturing a composite part. Layers of composite material are cured to form the composite part. A primer is depicted on a surface of the composite part. A group of conductive elements is deposited on the primer to form an electronic device on the primer.

A vertical takeoff and landing ('VTOL') aircraft, e.g., an unmanned aerial vehicle ('UAV'), includes an elongated fuselage having a pair of forward swept wings and a pair of rearward swept canards, the outer tips of which are respectively joined with a respective tip end portion of one of the forward swept wings. The thrust outlet of a thrust-vectoring jet engine is disposed along the roll axis of the aircraft and aft of the pitch axis thereof, and a pair of downwardly exhausting ducted lift fans, e.g., tip turbine fans, are respectively disposed within a tip end portion of respective ones of the forward swept wings such that the fans are located symmetrically with respect to each other on opposite sides of the roll axis and forward of the pitch axis. The aircraft is capable of VTOL operations, including hovering, and is highly maneuverable at both very low and very high speeds.

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Snohomish, WA, United States of America

Brent A Robbins