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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Inventors:

Ramesh Thiagarajan, Plano, TX (US);

Robert Mark Chris, Dallas, TX (US);

John R. McCullough, Weatherford, TX (US);

Suvankar Mishra, Carrollton, TX (US);

Assignee:

Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/18 (2006.01); B32B 3/12 (2006.01); B29C 44/56 (2006.01); B32B 5/18 (2006.01); B32B 5/24 (2006.01); B29L 31/60 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/186 (2013.01); B29C 44/5627 (2013.01); B32B 3/12 (2013.01); B32B 5/18 (2013.01); B32B 5/245 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/608 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24157 (2015.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 428/249953 (2015.04);
Abstract

A method of the present disclosure includes of repairing a core stiffened structure with structural foam. Another method includes splicing core members together using structural foam. Another method includes joining a core member to a structure using structural foam. Another method includes using structural foam to stabilize a core member during a machining process. Another method includes stabilizing a core member with structural foam to prevent the core member from crushing in autoclave pressure. The present disclosure further includes a core stiffened structure have a core member with structural foam therein.


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