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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
Walter V. Werner, Pittsford, NY (US);
Earl W. Stromberg, Roanoke, TX (US);
Wit Cezary Bushko, Medway, MA (US);
George Hanna Ghanime, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Walter V. Werner, Pittsford, NY (US);
Earl W. Stromberg, Roanoke, TX (US);
Wit Cezary Bushko, Medway, MA (US);
George Hanna Ghanime, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An article includes a plurality of stems projecting from a surface thereof. Each stem includes a hollow stalk projecting orthogonally from the surface and a hollow head defined on a distal end of the hollow stalk. The head includes a flange section extending from the distal end of the hollow stalk and having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the hollow stalk at the distal end. A cap section extends from the flange section, defines a distal end of the stem and has a generally convex contour. The cap section has a first wall thickness at the distal end of the stem, a second wall thickness at a junction of the cap section and the flange section and a third wall thickness at a circumferential section intermediate the distal end and the flange section. The third wall thickness is less than the first and second wall thicknesses.