Load bearing element and a method for manufacturing a load bearing element
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsOliver Seack, Matthias Hegenbart, Hermann Benthien, Markus Piesker, Jens Rohde, Sebastian Palm, Joern Clausen, Matthias Radny, Ulrich Knapp
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Abstract
A load bearing element for attachment of a heat generating unit to a heat sensitive supporting structure, wherein said load bearing element includes at least one body integrally formed by additive layer manufacturing, ALM. The body is adapted to provide a controlled heat transfer from said heat generating unit to said heat sensitive supporting structure.
Claims10
A combination of a heat generating unit, a heat sensitive supporting structure and a load bearing element for attachment of the heat generating unit to the heat sensitive supporting structure, wherein said load bearing element comprises:
- at least one body integrally formed by additive layer manufacturing (ALM), said body being adapted to provide a controlled heat transfer from said heat generating unit to said heat sensitive supporting structure, said at least one body including an outer conical body with a base of the outer conical body connected to the heat sensitive supporting structure and an apex of the conical body connected to the heat generating unit and an inner conical body with a base of the inner conical body connected to the outer conical body and an apex of the inner conical body connected to the heat sensitive supporting structure,
- wherein the integrally manufactured body of said load bearing element is a load bearing bracket for attachment of the heat generating unit to said heat sensitive supporting structure being a fuselage of a flying vehicle,
- wherein said integrally manufactured body of said load bearing element comprises several layers printed from the same or different fire proof materials, and
- wherein the at least one body comprises a plurality of ventilation holes configured to allow a fluid to enter and to leave internal cavities of the outer conical body and the inner conical body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.