Roy Dean Reese

US Patent:

45877831, May 13, 1986

Filed:

Aug 16, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/641271

Inventors:

Patrick A. McCoy - Tulsa OK
Roy J. Reese - Tulsa OK

Assignee:

Nordam - Tulsa OK

International Classification:

E04B 100

US Classification:

52282

Abstract:

Apparatus for use in joining panel A to panel B to form a corner joint in which panel B has a recess cut in the edge to be joined, the apparatus being in the form of an elongated structural reinforcing and joining member configured in cross-section by a thin rectangular base portion having an inner surface bonded to one surface of panel A, the cross-sectional configuration including an end portion integrally extending from one edge of the base portion and perpendicular the base portion, the inner surface being bonded to an edge of panel A and the cross-sectional configuration being further defined by an integral T portion extending from the base portion in a plane parallel the plane of the end portion, the thickness of the T portion being slightly less than the width of the groove formed in the edge of panel B, the T portion being bonded to the groove in panel B.

US Patent:

56678665, Sep 16, 1997

Filed:

May 2, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/432891

Inventors:

Roy Jefferson Reese - Owasso OK

Assignee:

The Nordam Group, Inc. - Tulsa OK

International Classification:

B32B 900

US Classification:

428116

Abstract:

A multi-layered, unbalanced, bonded sandwich panel having improved top load support capability per unit of weight is disclosed. The panel has a core, to the upper surface of which is affixed a multiple-ply top laminate. Similarly affixed to the lower surface of the core is a multiple-ply bottom laminate. The top laminate is thicker than the bottom laminate and supplies increased compressive resistance, while the bottom layer has an enhanced ability to withstand tensile forces. The core is preferably a honeycomb core, and unidirectional, fiberglass epoxy prepreg lamina are favored for each ply.