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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Phillip Kendrick, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Kathleen Oldham, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Levi Armstrong, Kerrville, TX (US);
Elizabeth Oberle, Keller, TX (US);
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
In the present disclosure, a method may include forming a three-dimensional composite fiber pre-form by three-dimensionally weaving a plurality of composite fibers. The composite fiber pre-form includes a plurality of open cells formed adjacent to and interlocked with each other, and a composite fiber forms at least a portion of a first side of a first open cell and at least a portion of a second side of a second open cell. The first open cell and the second open cell are adjacent to and interlocked with each other.