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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Dennis L. Albright, Douglass, KS (US);
David W. Hackler, Wichita, KS (US);
Randall R. Clark, Wichita, KS (US);
Inventors:
Dennis L. Albright, Douglass, KS (US);
David W. Hackler, Wichita, KS (US);
Randall R. Clark, Wichita, KS (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lightweight composite fairing bar () for use in fabricating a composite component () of an aircraft. The fairing bar () includes a core () and an elongated outer shell () surrounding the core (). The outer shell () is comprised of a laminate material, and the core () is comprised of epoxy syntactic foam having a lower density than that of the laminate material. The outer shell () is configured for supporting the composite component () during the manufacture of the same.