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Aircraft structure with air ducts integrated in structural elements

US8955804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Nicholas Brownjohn · Buxtehude, DE
Georg Mühlthaler · Hamburg, DE
Stefan Osternack · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2011
Grant date	Feb 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/40
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft structure is provided with load-bearing hollow structural elements that form an aircraft fuselage. The cavities in the structural elements are designed as air ducts for an air conditioning system of the aircraft. An aircraft is also provided with such an aircraft structure.

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