Patent ID: 8696843
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: B29C,B32B,B64F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of repairing an area of an acoustically treated structure having a cellular honeycomb core, comprising: forming a cut-out section in the core by removing a volume of the core; inserting a cellular honeycomb repair plug into the cut-out section; bringing cell wall edges of the repair plug into contact with cell wall edges of the core; and bonding together the cell wall edges of the repair plug and the cell wall edges of the core, wherein bonding together the cell wall edges of the repair plug and the cell wall edges of the core includes applying an adhesive to opposing faces of the cell wall edges of the repair plug and the cell wall edges of the core before the cell wall edges of the repair plug are brought into contact with cell wall edges of the core.