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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Marc Storozuk, Winnipeg, CA;
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/38 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 1/069 (2013.01); B64C 1/38 (2013.01); B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0045 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01);
Abstract
A panel for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing the panel are provided. One panel has two sides forming a corner having a profile that is substantially non-orthogonal and a substructure is provided having a protrusion extending from a body of the substructure towards a surface of the panel. The protrusion has a profile extending along an edge thereof that substantially matches the profile of the corner of the panel such that the protrusion and the corner of the panel form a gap therebetween when the panel is mounted to the substructure.