Aircraft fuselage with circular-arc-shaped exterior contour

US8146860B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Martin Dehn · Ratingen, DE
• Ingo Wuggetzer · Hamburg, DE
• Ugur Ipek · Buxtehude, DE
• Christoph MUEHLICH · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 5, 2007
• Grant date: Apr 3, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C2001/0045
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuselage section comprises an interior that forms a passenger cabin. In horizontal projection the fuselage section is geometrically defined by a first exterior skin region and a second exterior skin region, wherein the second exterior skin region faces the first exterior skin region. Both the first exterior skin region and the second exterior skin region in longitudinal direction of the passenger cabin comprise in horizontal projection a circular-arc-shaped contour of uniform radius of curvature.