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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2012
Bart F. Zalewski, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
William B. Dial, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Bart F. Zalewski, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
William B. Dial, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Zin Technologies, Inc., Middleburg Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A method of forming a composite structure can include providing a plurality of composite panels of material, each composite panel having a plurality of holes extending through the panel. An adhesive layer is applied to each composite panel and a adjoining layer is applied over the adhesive layer. The method also includes stitching the composite panels, adhesive layer, and adjoining layer together by passing a length of a flexible connecting element into the plurality of holes in the composite panels of material. At least the adhesive layer is cured to bond the composite panels together and thereby form the composite structure.