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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Kenneth Harlan Griess, Kent, WA (US);
Russell Lee Keller, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Everett A. Westerman, Auburn, WA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); B29C 73/10 (2006.01); G01L 5/00 (2006.01); G01L 1/24 (2006.01); G01B 11/16 (2006.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); B32B 33/00 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); G01B 15/06 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 41/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B29C 73/10 (2013.01); B32B 33/00 (2013.01); B32B 43/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); G01B 11/16 (2013.01); G01B 15/06 (2013.01); G01L 1/24 (2013.01); G01L 5/00 (2013.01); G01M 5/0091 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0827 (2013.01); B32B 2307/422 (2013.01); B32B 2556/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/18 (2013.01); Y10T 428/28 (2015.01);
Abstract
A structural repair includes a tell-tale optical witness that allows the health of the repair to be visually monitored. The optical witness includes a stress sensitive fluorescent dye that shows changes in local strain/stress patterns when the repair is subjected to electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength. The dyes fluoresce more or less strongly as a function of the local stress/strain.