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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore, SG;
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen W. Tsai, Honolulu, HI (US);
Dan Wang, Clementi, SG;
Erik Kappel, Lindwedel, DE;
Bo Jin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Antonio Miravete, Lemoore, CA (US);
Abstract
A grid and skin assembly for use in a composite laminate structure is described. The assembly includes a metallic grid having a plurality of intersecting ribs oriented in at least two distinct rib directions offset at a grid angle relative to one another and defining respective intersection points; and a composite laminate skin having a plurality of ply layers comprising a plurality of tapes oriented in at least two distinct tape directions offset at a ply angle relative to one another. The grid angle is at least 25 degrees, the intersection points define glueless joints of the metallic grid, and the grid is a non-aluminum-based material. A grid and method of manufacturing the grid and skin assembly is also described. The method includes a water jet cutting procedure and glueless joint formation due to differing thermal expansion characteristics of the grid and skin.