Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Leading edge structure
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Application No.: US16195630Application Date: 2018-11-19
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Publication No.: US11247766B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Llifon Williams , Ross Salisbury , Marcus Rafla , Hugh Theobald , Christopher Payne , Robert McCormick , Heinz Hansen , Timothy Evans
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED , AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol; DE Hamburg
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED,AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED,AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol; DE Hamburg
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB1120707 20111201
- Main IPC: B64C3/28
- IPC: B64C3/28 ; B64C3/00 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C3/24 ; B64C3/14

Abstract:
A leading edge structure for providing an aerodynamic surface of an aircraft is disclosed having a skin structure, the skin structure providing an outer aerodynamic surface and an inner surface, both surfaces extending in a chordwise and spanwise direction of the structure, and a plurality of structural members, each structural member being connected to the inner surface of the skin structure and extending in the chordwise direction along the inner surface, wherein the structural members are integrally formed with the inner surface of the skin structure. The disclosure is also related to an aircraft wing, aircraft tailplane, wing box structure, wing or wing structure and an aircraft including the leading edge structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190092450A1 LEADING EDGE STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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