Patent ID: 7712993
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: E04C,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A joint apparatus, comprising: a composite sandwich panel having a first skin and a second skin that define exterior sidewalls and a core coupled between an inner surface of the first skin and an inner surface of the second skin, the skins extending beyond the core at an end of the composite sandwich panel to define a recess, wherein at least one of the first skin or the second skin includes an aperture where the skins extend beyond the core, the aperture to facilitate an application of a bonding agent into the recess; and a unitary one-piece base having a foot and a flange, the flange protruding outward from the foot, the flange extending into the recess defined by the skins, the flange having a first planar outer surface and a second planar outer surface; a bonding agent applied through the aperture into the recess such that the first planar outer surface is bonded to an inner surface of the first skin and the second planar outer surface is bonded to an inner surface of the second skin; and a spacing panel positioned inside the defined recess, a first side of the spacing panel being coupled to at least one of the first skin or the second skin where the skins extend beyond the core, and a second side of the spacing panel that is opposite the first side being adjacent the bonding agent used to secure the composite sandwich panel to the unitary one-piece base such that the spacing panel reduces a volume of the bonding agent used to secure the composite sandwich panel to the unitary one-piece base.