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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2019
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Andrew M. McLean, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Clinton L. Johnson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ryan S. McClarty, Snohomish, WA (US);
Andreas Panayi, Moscow, RU;
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A stringer runout configuration has a pair of fittings with each fitting having a fitting web that is configured for attachment to a stringer web of a stringer on opposite sides of a terminating end of the stringer. The stringer web has a terminating end with a curved configuration and base flanges with rounded terminating ends. Each fitting has a base flange that has a bottom surface with a first surface area and a second surface area positioned at different heights. The first surface area of each of the fittings is configured for attachment to a stringer base flange on opposite sides of a terminating end of the stringer. The second surface area of each of the fittings is configured for attachment to a composite panel surface adjacent the terminating end of the stringer. These and other detailed design features described herein enhance the capability of the runout configuration.