Publication number: 20130139961
Abstract: A dual-skin structure (10, 210) comprises a first skin (12, 112, 212), a second skin (14, 114, 214) and an intermediate structure (16, 116, 216). The intermediate structure (16, 116, 216) comprises a plurality of first contact portions (18, 118, 218) connected to an interior surface of the first skin (12, 112, 212), a plurality of second contact portions (20, 120, 220) connected to an interior surface of the second skin (14, 114, 214) and a plurality of interconnecting web portions integral to the first (18, 118, 218) and second (20, 120, 220) contact portions and extending between ones of the first (18, 118, 218) and second (20, 120, 220) contact portions to form an internal supporting structure (16, 116, 216) alternating between the interior surfaces of the first (12, 112, 212) and second (14, 114, 214) skins.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 19, 2010
Publication date:
June 6, 2013
Inventors:
Chris Gear, Eddie Jones, Justin Elliott, Dale Edmunds, Giovanni Marengo