Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft fuselage with composite pre-form
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Application No.: US15946879Application Date: 2018-04-06
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Publication No.: US11332228B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Clint Church , Jeffrey Chambers
- Applicant: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Applicant Address: US VA Manassas
- Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Manassas
- Agency: McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd.
- Agent Michael Stanley Tomsa; Eugene H. Nahm
- Main IPC: B64C1/06
- IPC: B64C1/06 ; B64C1/12 ; B64C1/00

Abstract:
A wide-body aircraft is disclosed with a fuselage section that includes a set of side-by-side fuselage lobes having a fuselage skin. A first woven composite preform positioned at a first intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a first cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. A second woven composite preform positioned at a second intersection of the set of side-by-side fuselage lobes located at a second cusp of the side-by-side fuselage lobes. Each of the first and second woven composite preforms are configured to receive a structural component, such that each of the first and second woven composite preforms accommodates vertical load imparted through the structural component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190308715A1 AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WITH COMPOSITE PRE-FORM Public/Granted day:2019-10-10
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