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Aircraft frame

US9511845B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Magdalena Boyen · Metten, DE
Wolfgang Eilken · Hamburg, DE
Wolfgang Schulze · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 24, 2014
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft frame includes a first partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a first aircraft fuselage segment, and a second partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a second aircraft fuselage segment. The first and second partial aircraft frames include corresponding first and second stringer coupling sections. The first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame are configured to be attached to each other via a first web and a second web. The first stringer coupling section is located between the first inner flange and the first outer flange and the second stringer coupling section is located between the second inner flange and the second outer flange. The first stringer coupling section includes a first wall which extends from the first web into the first section of the first partial aircraft frame, and the second stringer coupling section comprises a second wall, which extends from the second web into the second section of the second partial aircraft frame.

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