Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hybrid metal composite structures, rocket cases, and related methods
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Application No.: US15250404Application Date: 2016-08-29
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Publication No.: US10603873B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: Benjamin W. C. Garcia , Elizabeth Bonderson , Brian Christensen , David R. Nelson
- Applicant: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Plymouth
- Assignee: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Plymouth
- Agency: TraskBritt
- Main IPC: B32B15/14
- IPC: B32B15/14 ; B29C70/78 ; B32B15/092 ; B32B3/26 ; B32B3/28 ; B32B7/08 ; F02K9/34 ; B29C70/88 ; B29K105/08 ; B29K63/00 ; B29K307/04 ; B29K705/08 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
A method of forming a hybrid metal composite structure including at least one metal ply. The method includes forming at least one metal ply, forming the at least one metal ply comprising forming at least one perforation in the at least one metal ply, abrasively blasting at least one surface of the at least one metal ply to coarsen the at least one surface of the metal ply, and exposing the at least one metal ply to at least one of an acid or a base. The method further includes disposing at least one fiber composite material structure adjacent the at least one metal ply. Related methods of forming a portion of a rocket case and related hybrid metal composite structures are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180126702A1 HYBRID METAL COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, ROCKET CASES, AND RELATED METHODS Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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