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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Applicants:
Alan K. Prichard, Seattle, WA (US);
S. Douglas Friddell, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Alan K. Prichard, Seattle, WA (US);
S. Douglas Friddell, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Stiffened structures and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an elongated metallic stiffening member can be attached to a composite sheet and positioned to resist bending of the composite sheet. In another embodiment, a structural system can include an elongated composite element attached between a composite sheet and a metallic stiffening member. In still another embodiment, the structural system is formed without attaching a honeycomb stiffening arrangement.