Patent ID: 11925971
Assignee: ROHR, INC.
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  E | IPC B

Claim 9:
10. A manufacturing method, comprising:
forming a plurality of first apertures in a first plate to provide an apertured first plate, the apertured first plate comprising first plate metal;
bonding a first sheet to the apertured first plate to form a first grid structure, the plurality of first apertures extending through the apertured first plate to the first sheet, and the first sheet comprising first sheet metal; and
bonding a fitting to at least one of the apertured first plate or the first sheet concurrently with the bonding of the first sheet to the apertured first plate;
wherein the fitting comprises a base and a flange;
wherein the apertured first plate is abutted against an end of the flange; and
wherein the first sheet is abutted against a side of the flange and an end of the base.