Connecting arrangement comprising a coupling element and two curved ribs of an aircraft or spacecraft

US8540190B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Carsten Paul · Garstedt, DE
• Marc Schimmler · Himmelpforten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 24, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 11, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64C1/061
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A connecting device having two curved ribs of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: a coupling element which can be connected by means of predetermined coupling sections to respective connecting sections of the two ribs; wherein at least the predetermined coupling sections of the coupling element are rectilinearly designed; and wherein at least the respective connecting sections of the two ribs each have rectilinearly running inner belt regions for a respective rectilinear connection of the predetermined coupling sections of the coupling element.