Gap filler for advanced aircraft to reduce radar detectability

Details Gap filler for advanced aircraft to reduce radar detectability Gap filler for advanced aircraft to reduce radar detectability

1990-02-05

1991-11-19

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Aircraft structure

Details

244130, 244132, 52461, 296 93, B64C 106

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050659600

ABSTRACT:
Improved channel members positionable over and in the gaps between aircraft panels. Each channel member includes a gap filler including a horizontal portion extending across the gap and a vertical portion extending downwardly therefrom into a gap. The vertical portion has parts in frictional contact with the side walls of the gap to resist removal of the gap filler from the gap. The gap filler is formed of an electrically conductive material selected to preclude galvanic corrosion when in contact with the panels. The vertical portion is formed of a pair of downwardly extending legs integrally formed with the horizontal portion. A central extent of each vertical portion includes an outwardly directed bight in frictional contact with a side wall of an associate panel. The channel member further includes an upper horizontal component in contact with adjacent plates at their exterior surfaces. The upper horizontal component is fabricated of the same material as the panels.

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