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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Eugene Dan-jumbo, Bothell, WA (US);
Russell Lee Keller, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Everett A. Westerman, Auburn, WA (US);
Inventors:
Eugene Dan-Jumbo, Bothell, WA (US);
Russell Lee Keller, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Everett A. Westerman, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A patch for a structure has a rework area with an inconsistency formed therein. The patch comprises a patch body having at least two regions including a fail-safe region and a safe-life region encompassing the fail-safe region. The safe-life region has a mode I interlaminar fracture toughness that is less than the mode I interlaminar fracture toughness of the fail-safe region.