The Boeing Company

Garrett B Peters

Brett Ian Lyons

Daniel Joseph Braley

Eric Eldon Deck

Andrew Lawrence Bauer

Daniel Eugene Pulcher

Anthony C Roberts

Lucian Woods

Nicole Renee Williams

Trevor E Tucker

Thomas Joseph Gonze

Robert Ray Johnson

Janet Mary Wick

Nicole R Williams

Janet M Wick

Thomas J Gonze

Keith Edwar Rupel

Derrick E Tackett

A plug for insertion into a blast-tube exit cavity of a gun-blast diffuser comprises a plug front surface, a plug rear surface, a plug side surface that extends between the plug front surface and the plug rear surface, a body, comprising a polyurethane foam, and a substrate, coupled to the body and comprising a conductive nonwoven fabric, impregnated with a polyurethane matrix. The plug front surface of the plug is formed by the substrate. The plug rear surface of the plug is formed by the body. The plug side surface of the plug is formed by the substrate and the body.

Aircraft gun-blast diffusers, plugs for aircraft gun-blast diffusers, and methods of making such plugs

Core structures () for composite panels () of an aircraft (), composite panels () and aircraft () including the core structures (), and methods () of manufacturing the composite panels () are disclosed herein. The core structures () include a first side (), a second side (), and a connecting region () that interconnects an upper portion () of the first side () with an upper portion () of the second side (). The first side (), the second side (), and the connecting region () at least partially define an antenna housing (), which defines a housing volume () configured to contain an aircraft antenna () of the aircraft (), and an electromagnetic wave transmission region () configured to permit electromagnetic waves to pass therethrough. The electromagnetic wave transmission region () defines a plurality of kite-shaped voids () arranged in a repeating pattern and bounded by a corresponding plurality of walls (), at least 10% of which extends at least substantially perpendicular to a surface () that bounds the electromagnetic wave transmission region ().

Core structures for composite panels of an aircraft, composite panels and aircraft including the core structures, and methods of manufacturing the composite panels

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St. Louis, MO, United States of America

Garrett B Peters