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Impact protection plate for vehicles

US9340274B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Starke · Ottobrunn, DE
Michael G. Fischer · Folsom, US
Martha Wachinger · Oberding, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 11, 2012
Grant date	May 17, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB64C1/12
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An impact protection plate is provided for mounting on the structure of an aircraft. The impact protection plate includes a first layer, close to the aircraft, made of a fiber-reinforced plastic having a wave-shaped pattern of alternating elevations and depressions, the transverse tensile strength of the fiber-reinforced plastic being greater than 50 MPa. The impact protection plate includes a second layer situated on the first layer, remote from the aircraft, and is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic, the elongation at break of the reinforcement fibers being greater than 3%.

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