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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
William J. Koch, Bellevue, WA (US);
Donald P. Matheson, Redmond, WA (US);
Barney B. Anderson, Derby, KS (US);
Jeffrey R. Swada, Rose Hill, KS (US);
William J. Koch, Bellevue, WA (US);
Donald P. Matheson, Redmond, WA (US);
Barney B. Anderson, Derby, KS (US);
Jeffrey R. Swada, Rose Hill, KS (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A pressurized bulkhead or panel for an aircraft includes an energy absorbing skin that deforms in response to an object strike that imparts at least a threshold amount of impact energy to the skin. The skin may be configured as a dome or a lofted panel that is essentially free of rigid stiffeners and non-deformable reinforcement members that would otherwise hinder the flexible characteristics of the skin. The skin may be formed from a monolithic one-piece material, such as metal of composites, and may include various integrally formed reinforcing features.