Patent ID: 11926077
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A composite sandwich panel comprising:
a first composite skin;
a second composite skin;
a hollow cell core between the first composite skin and the second composite skin, wherein the first composite skin and the second composite skin and the hollow cell core are consolidated resulting in a 5% to 10% reduction in thickness of the entire composite panel to a nominal thickness;
a first edge comprising a first over-crush edge region, the first over-crush edge region having a first thickness at least 40% less than the nominal thickness of the composite sandwich panel, wherein the first over-crush edge region has a length of at least 0.25 inches over which a thickness of the composite sandwich panel decreases; and
an open edge, wherein the open edge is the nominal thickness of the composite sandwich panel.