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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2014
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Forth Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
Suvankar Mishra, Carrollton, TX (US);
Jesse Wrabel, Fort Worth, TX (US);
John R. McCullough, Weatherford, TX (US);
Randall Willnow, Mansfield, TX (US);
Carl May, Mansfield, TX (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 44/12 (2006.01); B29C 73/02 (2006.01); B29C 73/04 (2006.01); B29C 73/06 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/18 (2006.01); B64F 5/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); B29L 31/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/60 (2006.01); B29C 73/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B29C 44/128 (2013.01); B29C 44/1214 (2013.01); B29C 44/1276 (2013.01); B29C 44/18 (2013.01); B29C 66/02241 (2013.01); B29C 73/02 (2013.01); B29C 73/04 (2013.01); B64F 5/0081 (2013.01); B29C 73/06 (2013.01); B29C 2073/264 (2013.01); B29L 2031/082 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3076 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3088 (2013.01); B29L 2031/608 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of repairing a core stiffened structure can include removing a damaged portion of the core stiffened structure; creating a cutout in a portion of a repair core member; fitting the repair core member onto an existing core member such that the cutout mates with a portion of the existing core member; bonding the repair core member to the existing core member; and placing a skin patch over the repair core member.