Patent · US Expired

Skin-rib structure

US6173925A · kind A · utility

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20References

22Claims

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Assignee

Daimlerchrysler AG · US

Inventors

Dietmar Mueller · Reinheim, DE
Helmut Schuermann · Frankenthal (Pfalz), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 1998
Grant date	Jan 16, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 16, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C3/48
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A flexible skin-rib structure consists of fiber composite material for use in flow profiles with variable camber, especially airfoils or their components, in which a suction-side skin is connected with suction-side rib sections and a pressure-side skin is connected with pressure-side rib sections, with the respective suction-side and pressure-side rib sections being connected together by joints.

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