US 12,187,425 B1
Aircraft component with structural foam
Blaine Knight Rawdon, Riverside, CA (US)
Assigned to JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by JetZero, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/417,424.
Int. Cl. B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B64C 3/20 (2006.01); B64C 3/24 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 3/26 (2013.01) [B64C 3/20 (2013.01); B64C 3/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft component comprising:
a structural foam having a predetermined shape;
an outer flange located near a first end of the structural foam;
an inner flange located near a second end of the structural foam;
a web skin encapsulating the inner flange and at least a portion of the structural foam, wherein the structural foam is affixed to the web skin, and wherein the aircraft component comprises a portion of a blended wing body aircraft (BWB), the BWB having no demarcation between a wing and a main body of the BWB.