Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aircraft structure
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Application No.: US14793599Application Date: 2015-07-07
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Publication No.: US09862477B2Publication Date: 2018-01-09
- Inventor: Oliver Marks , Steven Evans
- Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: GB1412158.6 20140708
- Main IPC: B64C1/00
- IPC: B64C1/00 ; B64C3/18 ; B64C1/06 ; B64C1/12 ; B64C3/26 ; B29C53/04 ; B64C5/00 ; B29L31/00

Abstract:
A structure having a panel, a stringer, and a rib is disclosed. The stringer includes a stringer flange that is joined to the panel and a stringer web that extends away from the stringer flange. The rib includes a rib web that has first and second faces and a rib foot that has a first rib foot flange that is joined to the stringer web, a second rib foot flange that is joined to the panel and a rib foot web that is joined to the first face of the rib web. The first rib foot flange is connected to the rib foot web by a first corner that includes at least one layer which runs continuously from the first rib foot flange into the rib foot web via the first corner. The second rib foot flange is connected to the rib foot web by a second corner that includes at least one layer which runs continuously from the second rib foot flange into the rib foot web via the second corner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160009366A1 STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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