Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modular hybrid airframe structure for battery thermal event protection and repair
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Application No.: US16916732Application Date: 2020-06-30
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Publication No.: US11685502B2Publication Date: 2023-06-27
- Inventor: Joseph Richard Carpenter, Jr. , Timothy Brian Carr , Nicholas Hou , William Anthony Amante
- Applicant: Bell Textron Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Fort Worth
- Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US RI Providence
- Agency: Akona IP
- Main IPC: B64C1/06
- IPC: B64C1/06 ; B64C1/40 ; B64C1/00

Abstract:
A replaceable web structure for an aircraft frame is described and includes a plurality of structural members fabricated from a first type of material, the replaceable web structure comprising a plurality of web members fabricated from thin sheets of a second type of material, wherein each of the web members is fastened to a web frame of one of the structural members to replace a web portion of the one of the structural members; wherein the second type of material is stronger than the first type of material such that one of the sheets of the second type of material is lighter weight than a sheet of equal strength of the first type of material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210403136A1 MODULAR HYBRID AIRFRAME STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY THERMAL EVENT PROTECTION AND REPAIR Public/Granted day:2021-12-30
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