Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft structure with integrated reinforcing elements
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Application No.: US14140511Application Date: 2013-12-25
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Publication No.: US09771140B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Elena Arevalo Rodriguez , Estelle Baligand
- Applicant: Airbus Operations S.L.
- Applicant Address: ES Madrid
- Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
- Current Assignee: Airbus Operations S.L.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Madrid
- Agency: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
- Priority: EP12382547 20121228
- Main IPC: B64C1/06
- IPC: B64C1/06 ; B64C1/12 ; B64C1/14 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C1/00

Abstract:
The invention provides an integrated aircraft structure, such as a fuselage, with reinforcing elements in areas of the structure that need them because they have openings or are subjected to high loads. The structure comprises a skin, a plurality of stringers and a plurality of frames with mouseholes for the passage of stringers at their crossing zones. The reinforcing elements are configured with a suitable shape to be superimposed to the stringers in said areas. A manufacturing processes of said integrated aircraft structure is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140186572A1 AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE WITH INTEGRATED REINFORCING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2014-07-03
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