Skin panel joint for improved airflow

US8393578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Pradip G. Parikh · Renton, US
• Henry J. Koppelman · Seattle, US
• Todd Matthew Harris · Graham, US
• Frederick M. Swanstrom · Normandy Park, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 10, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 10, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/10
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus may comprise a first skin panel having a first surface, a second skin panel having a second surface, a first flange located at an end of the first skin panel, a second flange located at an end of the second skin panel, and a strip having a third surface. The first skin panel may be located adjacent to the second skin panel such that the first flange and the second flange form a channel. The strip may be bonded in the channel. Fluid flow over the third surface of the strip, the first surface of the first skin panel, and the second surface of the second skin panel may have a desired state.