Prestressed honeycomb method and apparatus therefor
US5958549A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 4, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 28, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 4, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24165
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A resilient prestressed honeycomb structure comprises a honeycomb core having a plurality of abutting partition walls forming opposed hollow-cell faces defining planar surfaces and a face sheet secured to one of the planar surfaces. The partition walls or the face sheet is air-permeable, and at least one of the hollow-cell faces has been compressively deformed laterally along its planar surface to provide a substantially continuous cushioned face portion. The cushioned face portion is sufficiently resilient to cushion substantially all surfaces of a body in contact therewith. When one of the hollow-cell faces is compressively deformed, the air-permeable partition walls or the air-permeable face sheet allows air to flow therethrough.
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