Patent 4356678 Issued on November 2, 1982. Estimated Expiration Date: February 25, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
A structural composite panel comprises a pair of filament-reinforced composite facing sheets and a ruffled, corrugated core secured between the facing sheets. The core has corrugations each with an axis having periodic oscillations in plane of the core and with the axis generally normal to filament direction.
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