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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Mark S. Wilenski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Samuel J. Meure, Fishermans Bend, AU;
Michael P. Kozar, Mercer Island, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A composition may include a resin and a plurality of polymer nanoparticles included in the resin to form a resin mixture. At least some of the polymer nanoparticles may have a greater distortion capability than the resin due to the nature of the polymer backbone of the polymer nanoparticles, and/or due to the nanoparticle free volume being greater than the free volume of the resin, and/or due to the nanoparticle porosity being greater than a porosity of resin. The incorporation of the polymer nanoparticles in the resin may result in an improvement in the strain and/or distortional capability of the resin mixture which may improve the performance of the composite structure.