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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Embler, Tustin, CA (US);
Timothy Leo Gaynor, III, Cypress, CA (US);
Christopher S. Roper, Oak Park, CA (US);
Tobias A. Schaedler, Oak Park, CA (US);
Jeffrey Dale Fukushima, Coto De Caza, CA (US);
Michael Leslie Hand, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Keith Y. Chong, Placentia, CA (US);
Randall Colin Schubert, Santa Monica, CA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A vessel includes a vessel wall and an insulation assembly coupled to the vessel wall. The insulation assembly includes a stochastic foam material and a microtruss structure encased within the foam material. The microtruss structure includes a plurality of truss members interconnected at a plurality of nodes. Each truss member is in contact with the foam material such that the microtruss structure provides a structural core for the foam material.