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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Jordan D. Charles, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B32B 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/26 (2013.01); B29D 99/0003 (2013.01); B32B 3/18 (2013.01); B32B 3/263 (2013.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 2305/076 (2013.01); B32B 2305/08 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A stiffenercomprises a first stiffener portion (), having a first cross-sectional profile () that is constant along the first stiffener portion (). The stiffeneralso comprises a second stiffener portion (), having a second cross-sectional profile () that is constant along the second stiffener portion (). The second cross-sectional profile () of the second stiffener portion () is different from the first cross-sectional profile () of the first stiffener portion (). The stiffeneradditionally comprises a transition stiffener portion () tapering from the second stiffener portion () to the first stiffener portion ().