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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cynthia Ann Gruensfelder, St. Louis, MO (US);
Lawrence O. Brase, Jr., Edwardsville, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/44 ;
Abstract
A leading edge (,) for an aircraft has a hard durometer elastomer tip (,). An elastomer panel (,) has a first end attached to the hard durometer elastomer tip (,) and has a plurality of reinforcing members capable of freely sliding inside the elastomer panel (,). A rigid block (,) is attached to a second end of the elastomer panel (,) and is attached to a structure (,) of the aircraft.