Textron Innovations Inc.

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.

Theodore W Ingram, Iii

John R McCullough

Suvankar Mishra

James Braswell, Jr

Carl A May

Ramesh Thiagarajan

Dharam Jithender Reddy

A method of the present disclosure includes of repairing a core stiffened structure with structural foam. Another method includes splicing core members together using structural foam. Another method includes joining a core member to a structure using structural foam. Another method includes using structural foam to stabilize a core member during a machining process. Another method includes stabilizing a core member with structural foam to prevent the core member from crushing in autoclave pressure. The present disclosure further includes a core stiffened structure have a core member with structural foam therein.

Method of repairing, splicing, joining, machining, and stabilizing honeycomb core using pourable structural foam and a structure incorporating the same

A helicopter rotor yoke includes a composite laminate having a plurality of plies of fibers disposed in a polymeric matrix. The polymeric matrix includes a toughened polymer at one of a location or zone that experiences high strain levels during use of the rotor yoke.

Helicopter rotor yoke

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Theodore W Ingram, Iii