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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Mark R. Gurvich, Middletown, CT (US);
Brian J. Smith, Maynard, MA (US);
Goodrich Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A joint for a composite frame includes a first composite rod, a first shell abutting the first composite rod, a second shell abutting the first composite rod and disposed opposite the first shell relative to the first composite rod. The first and second shells are joined together such that composite rod is fixed therebetween. A method of forming joints of composite frame includes forming a composite frame by interconnecting a plurality of composite rods formed by an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) manufacturing method around a mandrel, applying a first shell to the plurality of composite rods at a first location where composite rods are interconnected, applying a second shell at the first location opposite the first shell relative to the composite rods, and joining the first and second shells together with the composite rods at the first location disposed between the first and second shells.