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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2015
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jordan Charles, Seattle, WA (US);
William M. Sampedro-Thompson, Mill Creek, WA (US);
Jessica L. Watkins, Bothell, WA (US);
Ryan Christopher Roache, Woodinville, WA (US);
Michael John Gamble, Redmond, WA (US);
Tyler W. Downey, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wendell C. K. Choy, Kirkland, WA (US);
Gregory M. Santini, Bothell, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A wing may include a wing skin, a laminate composite first stringer, a rib, and at least one fastener. A majority of the first stringer may be characterized by a stacked plurality of generally planar plies of reinforcement material structurally joined as a stack to an interior surface of the wing skin and extending generally parallel to the interior surface and a span-wise direction of the wing along a substantial portion of the interior surface. The first stringer may have a generally solid trapezoidal cross section when viewed in a plane that is generally perpendicular to the span-wise direction. The rib may be positioned adjacent the interior surface, and may extend generally perpendicular to the span-wise direction. The trapezoidal cross section may be interfaced with the rib flange. The fastener may extend through the wing skin, the trapezoidal cross section, and the rib flange.