Patent ID: 9415853
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: B64C,F16J

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus configured to seal a object on an aircraft, the apparatus comprising: a receiving structure; a sealing member that comprises a sealing section configured substantially as a planar sheet, an engagement section that extends, substantially perpendicular, away from a length and a first surface of the sealing section, and an attachment section that extends from an end of the length of the sealing section, and an integral structure consolidated between the first surface and a second surface of the sealing member, the first surface being an exterior surface of the sealing member on a side of the sealing member opposite the second surface, and the second surface of the sealing member being an exterior side of the sealing member configured as a continuous surface, common to the sealing section and the attachment section, and configured to face and connect to the object, such that the integral structure comprises at least four layers, comprising fibers, separated from each other and consolidated within a matrix between the first surface and the second surface of the sealing section, such that the sealing member comprises a load carry capacity; and the engagement section comprises thermoplastic material configured such that a perimeter of the engagement section conforms to and engages a shape of the receiving structure and comprises a wear resistant layer that continues beyond the perimeter of the engagement section and becomes the second surface of the sealing member.