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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2019
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

William Dwight Gerstler, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Nicholas William Rathay, Rock City Falls, NY (US);

Brian Magann Rush, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Pazhayannur R Subramanian, Clifton Park, NY (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B64C 30/00 (2006.01); B64C 1/38 (2006.01); B64D 33/02 (2006.01); B64C 5/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2013.01); B64C 1/38 (2013.01); B64C 3/36 (2013.01); B64C 5/00 (2013.01); B64C 30/00 (2013.01); B64D 33/02 (2013.01); B64D 2033/024 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hypersonic aircraft includes one or more leading edge assemblies that are designed to manage thermal loads experienced at the leading edges during high speed or hypersonic operation. The leading edge assembly includes a plurality of structural layers and a plurality compliant layers alternately stacked with each other to facilitate thermal expansion and movement between the plurality of structural layers, while also providing a thermal break between the plurality of structural layers.


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