Patent ID: 6668515
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: F16B

Abstract:
Composite joint for the fitting of at least one external member to a sandwich panel comprising a cellular core and two covering layers placed on either side thereof, said joint comprising:a plurality of juxtaposed, elementary, tubular cells orientable in the thickness direction of the panel, within a recess formed in the core of the sandwich panel, and at least one stress introduction cell which houses a rigid part for fixing said external member, each stress introduction cell being separated from a peripheral edge of the joint, in all directions, by at least one elementary, tubular cell, wherein each of the elementary, tubular cells has a composite wall formed from braided fibre roves and resin, and wherein a planar cross-section of the stress introduction cell and the plurality of juxtaposed, elementary, tubular cells is substantially arranged as a tesselation.