Patent ID: 9187168
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: B64C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bulkhead comprising: a substantially spherical dome having a periphery and an apex with an axis perpendicular to the dome at the apex; a first plurality of straps emanating from a periphery of the dome on geodesics defined by a first pair of virtual poles beyond the periphery of the dome; and, a second plurality of straps emanating from the periphery of the dome on second geodesics defined by a second pair of virtual poles beyond the periphery of the dome, at least one of said first plurality of straps overlapping at least one of said second plurality of straps, wherein any overlap on an individual strap in the first plurality of straps is singular to only one individual strap in the second plurality of straps and any overlap intersperses plies from a first strap with plies from a second strap.