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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:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Samual James Banks, Preston, GB;
John Ross Mark Pilling, Preston, GB;
Assignee:
British Aerospace, plc., Farnborough, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/12 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of forming and a composite superplastically formed structure comprising a panel (,) provided by at least a pair of superplastically-formed sheets (,), which together form a plurality of cells (,), the panel having an opening (,) therein or therethrough defined by a side wall (,) of a respective one, or side walls (,) of respective ones, of the cells; and an insert plug (,) received in the opening and bonded to the said wall or walls.