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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Keith J. Davis, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael P. Kozar, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Mark S. Wilenski, Mercer Island, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a composite article may include providing a plurality of fibers. At least a portion of the plurality of fibers may be substantially optically transparent. The method may further include forming the fibers with at least one base surface and a pair of side surfaces oriented in non-perpendicular relation to the base surface. The method may additionally include positioning the fibers in a layer in side-by-side relation to one another such that the side surfaces overlap one another when viewed along a direction normal to a plane of the layer. The method may also include embedding the fibers at least partially in a substantially optically transparent polymeric matrix.