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Patent No.:

US 10544610 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2013

Composite live hinge

Applicant:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. Malia, Owego, NY (US);

Brian Kaplun, Endicott, NY (US);

Dominick Consalvi, Vista, CA (US);

Assignee:

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:

Reising Ethington P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Emily M Morgan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); A63H 27/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B29C 65/70 (2006.01); B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05D 1/00 (2013.01); A63H 27/02 (2013.01); B29C 45/14508 (2013.01); B29C 45/14786 (2013.01); B29C 45/1671 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 65/4835 (2013.01); B29C 65/5021 (2013.01); B29C 65/5028 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); B29C 65/70 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/1222 (2013.01); B29C 66/1226 (2013.01); B29C 66/12441 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/71 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/7292 (2013.01); B29C 66/73751 (2013.01); B29C 66/73753 (2013.01); B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B64C 9/02 (2013.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/089 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/22 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/45 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/68 (2013.01); Y10T 16/525 (2015.01);
Abstract

A hinged component includes first and second portions of material coupled together by a composite live hinge. The live hinge includes a layer of tensile fabric and a layer of elastomer interposed between the tensile fabric and the material of one or both of the coupled first and second portions. The composite live hinge is capable of joining structural composite materials without the need for scoring, and thereby weakening, the structural composite material along the desired hinge line. The live hinge can be embedded in the materials it joins in a method that is compatible with traditional structural composite layup processes and in a manner which prevents resin from the structural composite materials from infiltrating the tensile fabric and compromising its flexibility.

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