Composite panel with reinforcing pins

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11377191-B2
Application number	US-201816217725-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2018
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

A composite panel includes a first skin, a second skin, a core arranged between the first skin and the second skin, reinforcing pins connected by a first end to the first skin and connected by a second end to the second skin, in which inclined reinforcing pins form an angle of from 25 degrees to 40 degrees with the first skin and/or the second skin.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A composite panel comprising:
a first skin;
a second skin;
a core between the first skin and the second skin;
a plurality of reinforcing pins, with a first end of the reinforcing pins being connected to the first skin at a first connection point, and a second end of the reinforcing pins being connected to the second skin at a second connection point;
wherein the plurality of reinforcing pins comprises:
a plurality of inclined reinforcing pins that each form a first angle with at least one of the first skin or the second skin of from 25 degrees to 40 degrees; and
a plurality of orthogonal reinforcing pins that each form a second angle with at least one of the first skin or the second skin of from 80 degrees to 90 degrees.

2. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of inclined reinforcing pins form an angle of about 35 degrees with at least one of the first skin or the second skin.

3. The composite panel according to claim 1 , comprising at least three reinforcing pins forming an elementary pattern.

4. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection point of a first reinforcing pin with the first skin is at an orthogonal projection on the first skin of a second connection point of a second reinforcing pin with the second skin.

5. The composite panel according to claim 1 , comprising at least six reinforcing pins forming an elementary pattern comprising:
three inclined reinforcing pins forming an angle of from 25 degrees to 45 degrees with at least one of the first skin or the second skin; and
three orthogonal reinforcing pins forming an angle of from 80 degrees to 100 degrees with at least one of the first skin or the second skin, a first end of each orthogonal reinforcing pin being connected with the first skin at a first connection point with a first end of an inclined pin of the elementary pattern, and a second end of each orthogonal reinforcing pin being connected with the second skin at a second connection point with a second end of an inclined pin of the elementary pattern.

6. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least three reinforcing pins converge at a connection point.

7. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of reinforcing pins form a plurality of elementary patterns.

8. The composite panel according to claim 7 , wherein at least one reinforcing pin pertains to two adjacent elementary patterns.

9. The composite panel according to claim 1 , comprising at least three inclined reinforcing pins forming an elementary pattern, with at least one of the three inclined reinforcing pins forming a first angle with at least one of the first skin or the second skin bigger than a second angle between at least one other of the three inclined reinforcing pins and the first skin or the second skin.

10. The composite panel according to claim 9 , wherein a plurality of reinforcing pins form a plurality of imbricated elementary patterns.

11. The composite panel according to claim 10 , wherein a first group of reinforcing pins forms a first lattice, and a second group of reinforcing pins forms a second lattice different from the first lattice and imbricated with the first lattice.

12. The composite panel according to claim 11 , wherein a plurality of reinforcing pins form a plurality of elementary patterns forming an overall pattern, in which a density of the elementary patterns in the overall pattern is inhomogeneous.

13. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein a first group of reinforcing pins forms a first lattice, and a second group of reinforcing pins forms a second lattice different from the first lattice and imbricated with the first lattice.

14. The composite panel according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of reinforcing pins form a plurality of elementary patterns forming an overall pattern, in which a density of the elementary patterns in the overall pattern is inhomogeneous.

15. An aircraft comprising a composite panel according to claim 1 .

16. A method for manufacturing a composite panel comprising:
preparing a first skin;
preparing a second skin;
arranging a core between the first skin and the second skin;
introducing a plurality of reinforcing pins in the core;
connecting a first end of the reinforcing pin at a first connection point to the first skin; and
connecting a second end of the reinforcing pin at a second connection point to the second skin;
wherein the plurality of reinforcing pins comprises:
a plurality of inclined reinforcing pins that each form a first angle with at least one of the first skin or the second skin of from 25 degrees to 40 degrees; and
a plurality of orthogonal reinforcing pins that each form a second angle with at least one of the first skin or the second skin of from 80 degrees to 90 degrees.

Assignees

• Airbus Defence & Space Gmbh
• Airbus Operations Gmbh

Inventors

• Weber Markus J
• Neumann Ulf Henning
• Endres Gregor Christian

Classifications

• B64C1/00

  Fuselages; Constructional features common to fuselages, wings, stabilising surfaces or the like · CPC title

• B64C1/12 Primary

  Construction or attachment of skin panels · CPC title

• B32B3/08 Primary

  characterised by added members at particular parts {(layer formed of separate pieces of material which are juxtaposed side-by-side B32B3/14, B32B3/18)} · CPC title

• B32B3/085

  spaced apart pieces on the surface of a layer · CPC title

• B64C2001/0072

  from composite materials · CPC title