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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2018
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Clint Church, Manassas, VA (US);
Jeffrey Chambers, Manassas, VA (US);
Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, Manassas, VA (US);
Abstract
A wide-body aircraft is disclosed with a fuselage section that includes a set of side-by-side fuselage lobes having a fuselage skin. A first woven composite preform positioned at a first intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a first cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. A second woven composite preform positioned at a second intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a second cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. Each of the first and second woven composite preforms are configured to receive a structural component, such that each of the first and second woven composite preforms accommodates vertical load imparted through the structural component.