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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2017
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Dalton T. Hampton, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Timothy Kent Ledbetter, Euless, TX (US);
Drew A. Sutton, Lexington, KY (US);
Bryan W. Marshall, Mansfield, TX (US);
Paul Sherrill, Grapevine, TX (US);
Frank B. Stamps, Colleyville, TX (US);
James Donn Hethcock, Colleyville, TX (US);
Andrew Paul Haldeman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Paul K. Oldroyd, Azle, TX (US);
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method may comprise coupling a plurality of reinforcement fibers to a plurality of spherical components; inserting the plurality of spherical components into an enclosure; and heating the enclosure to cause the plurality of spherical components to expand, wherein the plurality of spherical components expands to form a geodesic structure, wherein the geodesic structure comprises a plurality of polyhedron components configured in a geodesic arrangement.