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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2012
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wallace C. H. Chan, Bothell, WA (US);
Bernhard Dopker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/061 (2013.01); B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 1/068 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 1/1407 (2013.01); B64C 1/1484 (2013.01);
Abstract
Fuselages according to the present disclosure include a structural frame and a skin operatively coupled to the structural frame. In some embodiments, the skin includes a plurality of core sections that extend circumferentially around the fuselage and that are spaced-apart longitudinally along the fuselage. In some embodiments, the inner side of the skin generally undulates longitudinally along the fuselage. Methods of constructing fuselages also are disclosed.