The Boeing Company

James Scott Griffing

Thomas Seth Perkins

Adam Robert Weston

David E Sterling

Scott D Button

Ralph D Druckman

Marc Anton Spane

Sara Lynn Walter

Richard C Burnham

Hannah Katherine Beck

Paul S Dewar

Tom F Hodgman

Chai Y Indharasophang

A method of installing a decompression panel assembly in an aircraft. The decompression panel assembly includes a body portion, a baffle member, and a panel member. The method includes coupling the body portion to the panel member, wherein the body portion includes a plurality of frame members defining a plurality of openings in the body portion. The method also includes coupling the baffle member to the plurality of frame members such that the baffle member removably obstructs at least one opening of the plurality of openings. The baffle member is integrally formed with the plurality of frame members and is configured for at least partial displacement from the at least one opening during a decompression event. The decompression panel assembly is then coupled between a sidewall and a floor panel of the aircraft.

Decompression panel assembly and methods of installation

A decompression panel assembly for use in an aircraft includes a body portion comprising a plurality of frame members defining a plurality of openings in the body portion. The decompression panel assembly also includes a baffle member integrally formed with the plurality of frame members such that the baffle member removably obstructs at least one opening of the plurality of openings. The baffle member is configured for at least partial displacement from the at least one opening during a decompression event.

Decompression panel assembly and methods of manufacturing the same

A compression molded composite structure includes an elongated thermoplastic composite part having integral thermoplastic composite fittings.

Thermoplastic composite support structures with integral fittings and method

A one piece stowage bin (,) has a generally rectangular, polygonal open-fronted box-type structure. Right and left end panels (,) and (,) rise up from the sides of the bottom panel (,) to form side walls. Three fold lines allow the stowage bin (,) to comprise the rear lower panel (,), the rear upper panel (,) and the top panel (,) of the stowage bin. Tenons (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), and (,) extend from the margins of the right and left end panels (,) and (,). Mortise pockets (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), (,), and (,) are formed in the side margins of the rear upper panel,and the top panel (,). The mortises and tenons create interlocking mortise and tenon joints that do not require a bonding adhesive. Right and left formed angle brackets (,) and (,) secure the right and left end panels (,) and (,) to the top panel (,). Rear upper panel edge margins (,) and (,) and the top panel edge margins (,) and (,) contain outwardly extended bulges in the region of the mortise pockets that define minimum edge margins around each mortise pocket. Right extending minimum edge margin bulges (,), (,), (,), and (,) are staggered relative to left extending minimum edge margin bulges (,), (,), (,), and (,). Protrusions (,) extend into the interior of the mortise pockets from the sidewalls thereof to extend into the interior of the mortise pockets. The protrusions are sized to form an interference fit with the tenon tabs through a combination of spring deflection of the protrusions by the tenon tabs and local material removal from the tips of the protrusions as the tenons are inserted.

Combined mortise and tenon joint feature

A one piece stowage bin (10) has a generally rectangular, polygonal open-fronted box-type structure. Right and left end panels (14) and (18) rise up from the sides of the bottom panel (12) to form side walls. Three fold lines allow the stowage bin (10) to comprise the rear lower panel (22), the rear upper panel (26) and the top panel (30) of the stowage bin. Tenons (51), (52), (53), (54), (57), (58), (59), and (60) extend from the margins of the right and left end panels (14) and (18). Mortise pockets (63), (64), (65), (66), (71), (72), (73), and (74) are formed in the side margins of the rear upper panel 26 and the top panel (30). The mortises and tenons create interlocking mortise and tenon joints that do not require a bonding adhesive. Right and left formed angle brackets (38) and (40) secure the right and left end panels (14) and (18) to the top panel (30). Rear upper panel edge margins (27) and (28) and the top panel edge margins (30) and (32) contain outwardly extended bulges in the region of the mortise pockets that define minimum edge margins around each mortise pocket. Right extending minimum edge margin bulges (81), (82), (83), and (84) are staggered relative to left extending minimum edge margin bulges (89), (90), (91), and (92). Protrusions (120) extend into the interior of the mortise pockets from the sidewalls thereof to extend into the interior of the mortise pockets. The protrusions are sized to form an interference fit with the tenon tabs through a combination of spring deflection of the protrusions by the tenon tabs and local material removal from the tips of the protrusions as the tenons are inserted.

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James Scott Griffing