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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Rolls-royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Eric Koenig, Fishers, IN (US);
Charles A. Bulgrin, Plainfield, IN (US);
Mike Engle, Martinsville, IN (US);
Jeffrey F. Rhodes, Zionsville, IN (US);
ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Abstract
Methods of providing an undercut on a support member for a coversheet and coversheet support systems having undercuts are provided. A coversheet support system may include a spar. The spar may include a support member on an outer surface of the spar. The support member may extend outward from the outer surface of the spar. The support member may include an outer surface and an undercut. The undercut may be located in a portion of the support member between the outer surface of the spar and the outer surface of the support member. In addition, the coversheet support system may include a coversheet. The coversheet may be metallurgically bonded to the outer surface of the support member.