Patent ID: 9016973
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A structural lap joint comprising: 1) a first member including: 2) a second member including: 3) a sealant material including: 4) one or more removable fasteners extending through openings formed in the first member and the second member at portions of the first connection region and the second connection region, wherein the one or more removable fasteners are positioned along the structural lap joint; and wherein the first member and the second member include depressions that are formed by plastic deformation of the internal surfaces of the first connection region and the second connection region by the rigid components during fastening the one or more removable fasteners to join the first member and the second member, and the depressions resist lateral movement of either the first member or the second member relative to one another so that the structural lap joint is generally maintained in position; wherein the sealant material wets to fill openings and seal the first connection region and the second connection region, thereby forming a first bondline having a distance ranging from about 0.05 mm to about 0.15 mm at portions of the first connection region and the second connection region proximate to each of the one or more removable fasteners; wherein the rigid components have a compressive strength that is greater than a respective yield strength of each of the first and second members; and wherein the first connection region overlaps the second connection region so that the main body portion of the first member and the main body portion of the second member extend in opposite directions to form an overlap and the overlap is a region between the free edge of the first connection region and the free edge of the second connection region.