US 11,987,353 B2
Thermoplastic skin panels, torque box and method
Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Bellevue, WA (US); Marc R. Matsen, Seattle, WA (US); Waeil M. Ashmawi, Bellevue, WA (US); and Sahrudine Apdalhaliem, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/659,671.
Prior Publication US 2023/0331370 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 70/68 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29K 105/08 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 3/26 (2013.01) [B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 70/685 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0811 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0809 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3085 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stiffened skin panel assembly, comprising:
a panel including inner and outer facesheets, and a panel core sandwiched between the inner and outer facesheets, the panel core including alternating sections of truss core portions and solid laminate portions arranged side-by-side and contact with each other edge-to-edge, wherein the truss core portions are tapered in thickness along the edge-to-edge contact; and
spars respectively attached to the solid laminate portions.