Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft assembly
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Application No.: US17297776Application Date: 2020-05-07
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Publication No.: US12054270B2Publication Date: 2024-08-06
- Inventor: William Tulloch , Pat Broomfield
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
- Priority: GB 06625 2019.05.10
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/062673 2020.05.07
- International Announcement: WO2020/229287A 2020.11.19
- Date entered country: 2021-05-27
- Main IPC: B64D27/40
- IPC: B64D27/40 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C3/32 ; B64D27/18

Abstract:
An aircraft assembly including: a first aircraft structure, a second aircraft structure, first and second tension bolts arranged to suspend the first aircraft structure below the second aircraft structure, the first and second tension bolts connected to the first aircraft structure such that an end of each of the tension bolts is accessible from respective outer surfaces of the first aircraft structure and first and second fail-safe mechanisms each associated with a respective one of the first and second tension bolts and arranged to suspend the first aircraft structure below the second aircraft structure responsive to failure of the respective tension bolt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220194610A1 AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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