Patent ID: 8157212

Claim:
A section of an aircraft fuselage, the section comprising: an uncured inner fabric ply forming a continuous inner surface extending 360 degrees about an axis, wherein the inner fabric ply is comprised of a plurality of individual fabric sheets of fiber reinforced epoxy, and wherein each of the individual fabric sheets has a preformed first width parallel to the axis; a plurality of uncured unidirectional fiber strands individually laminated to an outer portion of the uncured inner fabric ply, wherein each of the individual unidirectional fiber strands has a second width parallel to the axis that is substantially less than the preformed first width, and wherein the plurality of uncured unidirectional fiber strands wrap continuously around the axis multiple times to cover a width of the inner fabric ply equal to the first width; and an uncured outer fabric ply laminated to an outer portion of the plurality of uncured unidirectional fiber strands, the uncured outer fabric ply forming a continuous outer surface extending 360 degrees about the axis, wherein the inner fabric ply, the plurality of unidirectional fiber strands, and the uncured outer fabric ply are cocured after the outer fabric ply is laminated to the outer portion of the unidirectional fiber strands.