Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Structure, especially a fuselage structure of an aircraft or a spacecraft
- Patent Title (中): 结构,特别是飞机或航天器的机身结构
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Application No.: US12740880Application Date: 2008-10-31
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Publication No.: US08366043B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Andreas Stephan
- Applicant: Andreas Stephan
- Applicant Address: DE Hamburg
- Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hamburg
- Agency: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao LLP
- Priority: DE102007052140 20071031
- International Application: PCT/EP2008/064843 WO 20081031
- International Announcement: WO2009/056643 WO 20090507
- Main IPC: B64C1/00
- IPC: B64C1/00

Abstract:
The present invention provides a fuselage structure (1; 1′) of an aircraft comprising an annular skin segment (2; 2′) which has a cross-sectional opening (3; 3′), a pressure cap (4; 4′) for a pressure-tight closure of the cross-sectional opening (3; 3′), and a plurality of tension struts (7, 8, 9; 7′, 8′, 9′) which in each case connect the pressure cap (4; 4′) to the annular skin segment (2; 2′) and absorb loads acting on the pressure cap (4; 4′), as tensile loads. This advantageously means that the tension struts (7, 8, 9; 7′, 8′, 9′) do not have to absorb substantially any bending moments. Consequently, the tension struts can be produced with a relatively small cross section, which entails a reduction in weight. Furthermore, it is possible to produce and mount tension struts (7, 8, 9; 7′, 8′, 9′) of this type in a simple manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110233334A1 STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY A FUSELAGE STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT OR A SPACECRAFT Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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