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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2018
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Paul S. Nordman, Everett, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 1/069 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
A joint for a metallic skin structure includes a first end portion of the metallic skin structure and a second end portion of the metallic skin structure, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion of the metallic skin structure are secured together along a line of securement. The joint further includes at least one reinforcing fiber embedded within at least one of the first end portion of the metallic skin structure or the second end portion of the metallic skin structure extends orthogonal relative to the line of securement.