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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Applicants:
Victor A. Munsen, Woodinville, WA (US);
David Neal Berry, Issaquah, WA (US);
Inventors:
Victor A. Munsen, Woodinville, WA (US);
David Neal Berry, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0081 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49622 (2015.01);
Abstract
Aircraft and airframes include a skin operatively coupled to a structural reinforcement member. The structural reinforcement member and the skin collectively define a run-out region that encompasses a terminal edge of the structural reinforcement member. Within the run-out region, the skin is more flexible than in adjacent portions of the skin. Methods include defining a region of increased flexibility of a skin relative to adjacent portions of the skin, and operatively coupling the skin to a structural reinforcement member.