公开(公告)号：WO2021148775A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：PCT/GB2021/050053

申请日：2021-01-08

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Inventor： THOMPSON, Gregory Warren

IPC: B64C1/06 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B64C1/00 ,  B64C1/061 ,  B64C1/068 ,  B64C2001/0045 ,  B64C2201/00

Abstract: An airframe 1 or part thereof comprises a set of modular cells 10, including a first cell 10A comprising a set of profiles 100 including: a first structural profile 100A, having a first length L1 and enclosing a first volume V1 providing a first passageway P1; and a second profile 100B, having a second length L2 and enclosing a second volume V2, wherein the first passageway P1 is arranged to receive the second profile 100B therein.

公开(公告)号：WO2021048553A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：PCT/GB2020/052186

申请日：2020-09-10

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Inventor： THOMPSON, Gregory Warren

IPC: B64C1/06

Abstract: A packer (200) for application to an aircraft airframe (100), the packer (200) comprising: a sheet of material having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a plurality of voids (208) defined through the sheet of material from the first surface to the second surface, thereby to provide that the sheet of material is flexible. The sheet of material may define a frame (202) and a plurality of struts (202) extending from one side of the frame (202) to an opposite side of the frame (202). The frame (202) and the struts (206) may define, at least in part, the voids (208).

公开(公告)号：WO2021148774A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-29

申请号：PCT/GB2021/050052

申请日：2021-01-08

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS PLC

Inventor： THOMPSON, Gregory Warren

IPC: B64C1/14 ,  B64C1/06 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64C39/04 ,  B64F5/10 ,  B29C70/54 ,  B29D99/00 ,  B32B38/10 ,  B64C39/00 ,  B29C70/545 ,  B64C1/061 ,  B64C1/068 ,  B64C2001/0045 ,  B64C2201/00 ,  B64C39/029

Abstract: An airframe or a part thereof 3, for example a skin assembly or a profile such as a structural profile, comprises: a wall W having an aperture A therethrough, wherein the wall W provides a frame F surrounding, at least in part, the aperture A; a panel P conforming with the aperture A; and wherein the airframe or the part 3 thereof is configurable in: a first configuration, wherein the panel P and the frame F are mutually spaced apart; and a second configuration, wherein the panel P is received in the frame F and wherein the frame F resists movement of the panel P in two or three mutually orthogonal directions.

公开(公告)号：WO2020234565A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：PCT/GB2020/051119

申请日：2020-05-07

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc

Inventor： THOMPSON, Gregory Warren

IPC: B64F5/10

Abstract: A method of producing at least part of a structural frame of a vehicle, the method comprising: providing a support structure (300), the support structure (300) comprising: a plurality of elongate members (301); and one or more retaining members (208) configured to retain the elongate members (301); mounting a plurality of first structural components (206) to the support structure (300) by coupling the first structural components (206) to the elongate members (301) such that each first structural component (206) occupies a different respective position along the elongate members (301); and attaching a plurality of second structural components (204) to the first structural components (206), thereby coupling together the first structural components (206) to form the at least part of the structural frame of a vehicle.