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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2018
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jacob Michael Hundley, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Mark R. O'Masta, Oak Park, CA (US);
Zak Charles Eckel, Malibu, CA (US);
Alvin Escobar, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);
Kenneth Cante, St. La Puente, CA (US);
Tony Koung, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A sandwich structure configured to be secured with a mechanical fastener includes a core assembly, which includes a polymer component configured for supporting a mechanical fastener connector insert. The core assembly further includes an open cellular component formed from a plurality of self-propagating photopolymer waveguides positioned around the polymer component, wherein a first portion of the plurality of self-propagating photopolymer waveguides is secured to and extends from the polymer component. Further included is a first face sheet secured to a first side of the core assembly, wherein the first portion of the plurality of self-propagating photopolymer waveguides has a distal end spaced apart from the polymer component and secured to the second face sheet.