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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard R. Rosman, Seattle, WA (US);
Bernhard Dopker, Bellevue, WA (US);
Wallace Chi-Hua Chan, Bothell, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 66/1122 (2013.01); B29C 66/21 (2013.01); B29C 66/532 (2013.01); B29C 66/721 (2013.01); B29C 66/7392 (2013.01); B29C 66/7394 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3082 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); Y02T 50/433 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49696 (2015.01); Y10T 403/70 (2015.01); Y10T 403/7075 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of forming a direct bearing joint includes providing a load bearing structure including a first structural feature having an arcuate shape and providing a composite skin including a second structural feature also having an arcuate shape. The method also includes coupling the first structural feature to the second structural feature such that the first and second structural features are mated against each other to facilitate distributing compressive loads induced into the load bearing structure into the composite skin.