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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7802759 | Aircraft wing, aircraft wing composite material, and method of manufacture thereof To provide an aircraft wing which has both high bending flexibility in the wing chord direction and high capacity to maintain the wing shape in the wing span direction, and to which morphing aircraft technology can be applied in the high-speed regime where aerodynam... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7669799 | Reversible shape memory multifunctional structural designs and method of using and making the same A multifunctional member with a first active member (30), which is adapted to contract if exposed to a temperature above a first transition temperature range. A second active member (40), which is adapted to contract if exposed to a temperature above a... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7258303 | Aircraft partition designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or from a passenger compartment An aircraft includes a partition designed to separate a cargo part from a cockpit or a passenger compartment. The partition includes a corrugated structure, defining several corrugations with an approximately omega section extending along the direction of the height... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7195203 | Wing skin and method of manufacture thereof A simplified structure for a wing skin and wing box wherein the internal surface (2) of an aircraft wing skin panel (1) in the wing box includes a multiplicity of strips (3), each strip being associated with a stringer. The strips (3) hav... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7182293 | Airfoil box and associated method An airfoil box and associated method are provided. The airfoil box includes two or more half-shell structures. Each half-shell structure is an integral or unitary member that includes at least a portion of the outer skin of the airfoil as well as stiffener members a... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7080805 | Stiffened structures and associated methods Stiffened structures and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an elongated metallic stiffening member can be attached to a composite sheet and positioned to resist bending of the composite sheet. In another embodiment, a structural system can include... | 07/25/2006 |
| 4292375 | Superplastically formed diffusion bonded metallic structure A structure particularly suited for use in aerospace industries comprising a base plate, a cover plate, and an orthogonally corrugated core including a pair of core plates formed of a superplastic alloy interposed between the base plate and the cover plat... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4232093 | High temperature skin construction A skin construction suitable for use as a high temperature airfoil surface that includes a metallic member having first and second corrugations. The first corrugations have a size and spacing which permits resilient thermal expansion of the member in a di... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4198018 | Blended wing-fuselage frame made of fiber reinforced resin composites A unitary frame having a central, annular-shaped fuselage section and a pair of outwardly opposed wing spars is fabricated from fiber-reinforced, resin matrix composites, and constitutes one of a number of similar such frames that are assembled together t... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4051289 | Composite airfoil construction An article such as a blade fabricated from a plurality of high-strength, reinforcing filaments embedded in a matrix material and characterized by a portion of the filaments oriented transverse to the blade longitudinal axis in a direction through the blad... | 09/27/1977 |
| 4025996 | Sinusoidal structural element Described herein are self-supporting structural elements formed of an integral sheet characterized by alternating elevations and depressions which sinusoidally vary about a flat or curved surface of neutrality, the element being suitable for use as a core... | 05/31/1977 |
