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Self-supporting cabin structural segment

US8991757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Peter Grosse-Plankermann · Neu Wulmstorf, DE
Martin Paetz · Hamburg, DE
Markus Goslar · Frankfurt (Oder), DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 24, 2012
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 9, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49622
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cabin structural segment is provided for an aircraft that includes, but is not limited to a fuselage structure and a floor structure. The fuselage structure defines an interior and separating it from an environment. The fuselage structure includes, but is not limited to an opening for a door. It is possible to provide via the opening a connection between the interior and the environment. The cabin structural segment is designed to be self-supporting. The cabin structural segment is fastenable exclusively to the floor structure. The cabin structural segment is constructed in such a way that the one cabin structural segment frames the opening.

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