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Structural element for an aircraft and/or spacecraft and method for producing such a structural element

US9458866B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Gerrit Neumann · Stade, DE
Pierre Zahlen · Stade, DE
Artur Poniatowski · Hamburg, DE
Benjamin Teich · Milwaukee, US
Ali Yildiz · Stade, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 2013
Grant date	Oct 4, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/21
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a structural element for an aircraft and spacecraft, having a core which includes core regions which are uncoupled from one another by means of an expansion joint arranged between the core regions. The present invention further provides a method for producing a structural element for an aircraft or spacecraft, including the following method steps: providing a core of the structural element, which core includes core regions; and arranging an expansion joint between the core regions. The present invention relates still further to an aircraft and/or spacecraft having such a structural element.

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