Primary structural assembly for an aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger, aircraft having a primary structural assembly, and method for attaching an aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger

US12263948B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventor

• Markus Piesker · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 5, 2020
• Grant date: Apr 1, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 20, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C1/00
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A primary structural assembly for an aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger, the assembly comprising an outer-skin portion which defines an outer shape of the aircraft and forms a portion of a hull of the aircraft, wherein the outer-skin portion comprises at least one recess, a thermal-transfer fluid connection which is designed to convey a thermal-transfer fluid into the recess, a component which closes the recess, and at least one retaining element which is arranged in or on the recess and is configured to hold the component closing the recess, in the recess. Further, an aircraft including such a primary structural assembly and a method for attaching the aircraft outside-skin heat exchanger are disclosed.