Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft assembly having an integral spar-cover
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Application No.: US17426494Application Date: 2020-05-28
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Publication No.: US12077289B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Robert Charles Spreadbury , Richard Hipkiss , Janusz Walega
- 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 07797 2019.05.31
- International Application: PCT/EP2020/064796 2020.05.28
- International Announcement: WO2020/239888A 2020.12.03
- Date entered country: 2021-07-28
- Main IPC: B64C3/20
- IPC: B64C3/20 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C3/26 ; B64F5/10

Abstract:
An aircraft assembly is disclosed including a longitudinal spar and an aerofoil cover integrally formed from a composite laminate material to form a spar-cover such that the composite material of the spar extends continuously into the cover through a fold region created between the spar and the cover. The spar and cover are separated by a recess at a longitudinal end of the fold region to define a spar end region and a cover end region, and a reinforcement element extends between the spar end region and the cover end region to couple the spar end region with the cover end region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220097820A1 AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY HAVING AN INTEGRAL SPAR-COVER Public/Granted day:2022-03-31
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