Fuselage cell structure for an aircraft in hybrid design

US9586668B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

• Wolf-Dietrich Dolzinski · Ganderkesee, DE
• Norbert Heltsch · Hamburg, DE
• Arne Hartwig · Hamburg, DE
• Markus Mueller · Walldorf, DE
• Markus Weber · Solothurn, CH
• Jens-Ulrich Prowe · Hamburg, DE
• Paul Joern · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 7, 2017
• Expiry date: May 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/40
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fuselage cell structure for an aircraft includes at least two skin panels including at least one double shell skin panel and at least one monolithic skin panel. At least one longitudinal brace or a transverse brace is disposed so as to form at least one of longitudinal seam or a transverse seam between the double shell skin panel and the monolithic skin panel. The fuselage cell structure includes at least one of a longitudinal bracket and a load transfer point. The longitudinal bracket is disposed in a region of the longitudinal seam and includes a first and a second longitudinal flanges disposed offset with respect to one another and connected by a web. The load transfer point is disposed in a region of the transverse seam so as to connect the longitudinal brace disposed on the monolithic skin panel to the double shell skin panel.