Part made from composite material, comprising a reinforcement against delamination, and production method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10479049-B2
Application number	US-201815974714-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2018
Priority date	Nov 9, 2015
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a part made from composite material that includes a base and a T-shaped reinforcement. The T-shaped reinforcement includes a first L-shaped element having a first right-angled connection portion and a second L-shaped element having a second right-angled connection portion. The part further includes a plurality of needles, each connecting the base to the T-shaped reinforcement of the part, close to the connection portions and extending in multiple directions so as to oppose, in particular, the separation of the base from the T-shaped reinforcement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A composite material workpiece comprising:
a soleplate;
a T-shaped reinforcement comprising a first L-shaped member and a second L-shaped member arranged back-to-back to form a T, wherein the first L-shaped member includes a first base and the second L-shaped member includes a second base, the first and second bases each extending on the soleplate, wherein the first L-shaped member includes a first rib and the second L-shaped member includes a second rib, the first and second ribs attached back-to-back to form a web, wherein the first L-shaped member includes a first connecting portion and the second L-shaped member includes a second connecting portion that connects said ribs on said first and second bases;
a plurality of needles connecting the soleplate on the T-shaped reinforcement in a vicinity of said first and second connecting portions, and extending in several directions through the soleplate and the T-shaped reinforcement; and
a core housed in a cavity delimited by a junction area between the soleplate, the first connecting portion, and the second connecting portion, wherein
the plurality of needles pass through said core,
at least one portion of the plurality of needles extends radially along a radius of curvature of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion,
at least another portion of the plurality of needles extends in a direction of the first and second ribs, and
the plurality of needles extend in a star configuration by intersecting at a center of the core and said workpiece.

2. The composite material workpiece according to claim 1 , wherein the needles are formed by pultruded threads.

3. The composite material workpiece according to claim 1 , wherein the core is deformable to substantially match a shape of the L-shaped members.

4. A manufacturing process of a composite material workpiece according to claim 1 , the manufacturing process comprising:
one deposition step of the first L-shaped member and the second L-shaped member into a mold,
one deposition step of the core,
one deposition step of the soleplate which results in trapping the core, and
one compaction step of the workpiece which presses the L-shaped members, the soleplate and the core together, to penetrate the needles through the L-shaped members and the soleplate.

5. The manufacturing process of a composite material workpiece according to claim 4 , wherein the deposition step of the core comprises:
inserting the needles through the core then inserting the core into the cavity delimited by a junction area between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion of said L-shaped members.

6. The manufacturing process of a composite material workpiece according claim 4 further comprising:
a molding step of the workpiece which is carried out following the compaction step and which includes molding the workpiece and injecting resin into the workpiece.

Assignees

• Safran Nacelles

Inventors

• Delehouze Arnaud
• Germain Etienne
• Louchard Sébastien
• Provost Benjamin

Classifications

• B32B27/12

  next to a fibrous or filamentary layer · CPC title

• B32B1/00

  Layered products having a non-planar shape · CPC title

• B32B2307/514

  Oriented · CPC title

• B29C64/165 Primary

  using a combination of solid and fluid materials, e.g. a powder selectively bound by a liquid binder, catalyst, inhibitor or energy absorber · CPC title

• B32B7/04

  Interconnection of layers · CPC title