Honeycomb panel and method of making same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF MAKING A HONEYCOMB PANEL HAVING INTERSECTING LOCALLY DENSIFIED PORTIONS COMPRISING, LAYING OUT A PAIR OF REINFORCING SHEETS TO THE PROPER PLAN FOAM SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FINISHED PANEL, LAYING OUT A SLAB OF HONEYCOMB CORE MATERIAL OF THE THICKNESS FINALLY DESIRED IN SAID PANEL AND HAVING THE CELL AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID SLAB, SHAPING SAID SLAB TO PLAN FORM DIMENSIONS GREATER, BY THE AMOUNT OF DENSIFYING PROPOSED, THAN THE PLAN FORM DIMENSIONS OF SAID SHEETS, REMOVING CORE MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN THE AREAS OF INTERSECTION OF THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID SLAB WHICH ARE TO BE DENSIFIED, DENSIFYING THE REMAINING CORE MATERIAL IN SAID PORTIONS BY COLLAPSING THE CELLS THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THEIR AXES, THE REMOVAL OF SAID CORE MATERIAL PERMITTING THE RESULTING EDGES OF THE CORE MATERIAL BEING DENSIFIED TO MOVE TOGETHER SUBSTANTIALLY WITHOUT RESTRICTION DURING SUCH DENSIFICATION WHEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DENSIFICATION WILL OBTAIN THROUGHOUT SAID DENSIFIED PORTIONS INCLUDING THE INTERSECTING PORTIONS THEREOF, AND BONDING SAID SHEETS TO THE MAJOR FACES OF SAID SLAB SO THAT SAID CORE MATERIAL WILL BE SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN WITH THE CELL AXES THEREOF PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF THE RESULTING PANEL.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF MAKING A HONEYCOMB PANEL HAVING INTERSECTING LOCALLY DENSIFIED PORTIONS COMPRISING, LAYING OUT A PAIR OF REINFORCING SHEETS TO THE PROPER PLAN FOAM SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FINISHED PANEL, LAYING OUT A SLAB OF HONEYCOMB CORE MATERIAL OF THE THICKNESS FINALLY DESIRED IN SAID PANEL AND HAVING THE CELL AXES SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF SAID SLAB, SHAPING SAID SLAB TO PLAN FORM DIMENSIONS GREATER, BY THE AMOUNT OF DENSIFYING PROPOSED, THAN THE PLAN FORM DIMENSIONS OF SAID SHEETS, REMOVING CORE MATERIAL LOCATED WITHIN THE AREAS OF INTERSECTION OF THOSE PORTIONS OF SAID SLAB WHICH ARE TO BE DENSIFIED, DENSIFYING THE REMAINING CORE MATERIAL IN SAID PORTIONS BY COLLAPSING THE CELLS THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THEIR AXES, THE REMOVAL OF SAID CORE MATERIAL PERMITTING THE RESULTING EDGES OF THE CORE MATERIAL BEING DENSIFIED TO MOVE TOGETHER SUBSTANTIALLY WITHOUT RESTRICTION DURING SUCH DENSIFICATION WHEREBY SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DENSIFICATION WILL OBTAIN THROUGHOUT SAID DENSIFIED PORTIONS INCLUDING THE INTERSECTING PORTIONS THEREOF, AND BONDING SAID SHEETS TO THE MAJOR FACES OF SAID SLAB SO THAT SAID CORE MATERIAL WILL BE SANDWICHED THEREBETWEEN WITH THE CELL AXES THEREOF PERPENDICULAR TO THE PLANE OF THE RESULTING PANEL.