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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Michael J. Stuckey, Wichita, KS (US);
Brian Charles Clapp, Goddard, KS (US);
Aaron Rae Heitmann, Andover, KS (US);
Darin Clay Wiley, Wellington, KS (US);
James Edward Westerman, Derby, KS (US);
Blaise Francis Bergmann, Clearwater, KS (US);
Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Abstract
An aircraft panel assembly including a panel, a number of open-ended composite stringers, and a number of stringer end caps. Each stringer end cap covers an open end of one of the stringers and includes a base, a vertically extending wall, and an overlap section. The base is bonded to the panel near the open end of the stringer. The vertically extending wall is angled upward from the base and includes an upper periphery. The overlap section extends horizontally from the upper periphery and is bonded to the stringer near the open end of the stringer.