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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2018
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventor:

Kenneth D. Cominsky, Mukilteo, WA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B29C 70/34 (2006.01); B21D 22/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/066 (2013.01); B29C 70/345 (2013.01); B21D 22/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract

Beaded panels and method of forming beaded panels. A beaded panel as described herein includes a base structure comprising a sheet of material, and beads that comprise a protrusion on a first side of the base structure, and a concavity on an opposing second side of the base structure. A geometry of the beads comprises a center section having a conic shape about a longitudinal axis, flared sections symmetric about the center section along the longitudinal axis, and a transition section that curves outward from a base of the center section and the flared sections to blend with a flat surface on the first side of the base structure.


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