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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2007
Timothy J. Lee, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Jason L. Firko, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jonathan W. Gabrys, Downingtown, PA (US);
Timothy J. Lee, Mount Laurel, NJ (US);
Jason L. Firko, Wilmington, DE (US);
Jonathan W. Gabrys, Downingtown, PA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An energy absorbing apparatus and system for leading edge structures includes an impact member, such as a 'bird-band', of a plastically deformable material of a predetermined configuration positioned with the structure in an area of the leading edge of the structure to absorb energy of an impact of a projectile with the leading edge of the structure, and to redistribute the energy of the impact to the structure, and can break up the projectile, and can increase the impact area. The structure can have one or more sheet members, such as a single sheet, or an inner face sheet and an outer face sheet with a core positioned between the inner face sheet and the outer face sheet. One or more impact members of the plastically deformable material can be positioned with one or more of the single sheet, the inner face sheet, the outer face sheet or the core.