Airplane having a fuselage shell and a floor structure

US8083181B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Braeutigam · Baar, CH
• Gerhard Lang · Altweilnau, DE
• Ralf Meyer · Büttelborn, DE
• Peter Seitz · Pommelsbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2008
• Grant date: Dec 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 14, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C1/068
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An airplane has a fuselage shell and a floor structure that includes cross members and floor plates. Rods are used exclusively to connect the fuselage shell to the floor structure.