Support stay and support arrangement for supporting a movable part of an aircraft

US11780558B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Dort Daandels · Hamburg, DE
• Markus Gibbert · Hamburg, DE
• Blazenko COSKOVIC · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2021
• Grant date: Oct 10, 2023
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C3/50
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A support stay is provided to improve failsafe configurations for movable parts of an aircraft. The support stay supports the movable part with a primary body and a separate secondary body. The primary body and the secondary body provide separate load paths. The secondary body is attached to the primary body by a mechanical connection, e.g., rivets. If one of the bodies becomes structurally compromised, for example by a crack, this configuration does not transfer shear load between the primary and secondary body, so that the other body does not become structurally compromised.