Title:
複合スパー
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5607935
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
According to one aspect, the present invention relates to a method 200 of manufacturing at least one non-uniform thickness composite spar component 152. The method comprises braiding 202 a plurality of fibres 126 over a non-cylindrical mandrel 140 to form a variable thickness shaped fibre preform 150, flattening the shaped fibre preform 150 and cutting the flattened shaped fibre preform 150 to obtain the at least one non-uniform thickness composite spar component 152. Spars 152 made according to various embodiments of the present invention are faster and less expensive to manufacture than conventional composite spar components.
Inventors:
Tim WiBro
Application Number:
JP2010000853A
Publication Date:
October 15, 2014
Filing Date:
January 06, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GE aviation systems Limited GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
International Classes:
B64C3/18; D04C1/06; D04C3/40
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Satoshi Arakawa
Hiroshi Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa
Hiroshi Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa