Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Combined structural and electrical repair for multifunctional wideband arrays
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Application No.: US15069818Application Date: 2016-03-14
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Publication No.: US10476140B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Manny S. Urcia , Andrew S. Niederschulte , Alec Adams
- Applicant: The Boeing Company
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: H01Q1/28
- IPC: H01Q1/28

Abstract:
A method for repair of a multifunctional wideband array includes processes and operations of assessing electrical and structural impairment to the multifunctional wideband array; cutting an opening in a superstrate of the multifunctional wideband array to expose an impaired backskin section of a lower electronics assembly of the multifunctional wideband array; replacing the impaired backskin section with a replacement backskin section; and repairing the opening in the superstrate. A system of multifunctional wideband array repair includes a core having longitudinal core strips and transverse core strips; a backskin having electronics connected to the core and providing electrical functionality enabling the core cells of the core to function as a phased array antenna aperture; a number of splice clips connecting longitudinal core strips to longitudinal repair core strips; and a section of the backskin electrically connected and structurally bonded to the repair core strips.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170264007A1 COMBINED STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL REPAIR FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL WIDEBAND ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2017-09-14
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