Structural panel with integrated coupler
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorsKristopher B. Shaner, Thomas Sommer, Joseph R. Lundin
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a cowl door movable between a closed position and an open position. The cowl door includes a structural panel and a mount. The structural panel includes an inner skin, an outer skin and a cellular core. The cellular core is connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin. The mount includes a base and a coupler. The base is connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin. The coupler projects out from the base.
Claims16
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
- a cowl door movable between a closed position and an open position;
- the cowl door including a structural panel and a mount;
- the structural panel including an inner skin, an outer skin and a cellular core connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin;
- the mount comprising a base and a coupler, the base connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin, the coupler projecting out from the base, the coupler positioned at an axial end of the cowl door, and the coupler projecting radially inward from the base and away from the inner skin;
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- the mount configured as a monolithic body;
- wherein the outer skin axially overlaps the coupler;
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- wherein a gap is formed by and extends radially between a distal end of the coupler and a distal end of the outer skin.
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
- a cowl door movable between a closed position and an open position;
- the cowl door including a structural panel and a mount;
- the structural panel including an inner skin, an outer skin and a cellular core connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin;
- the mount comprising a base and a coupler, the base connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin, the coupler projecting out from the base, and the coupler comprising an arcuate V-blade;
- the coupler positioned at an axial end of the cowl door, and the coupler projecting radially inward from the base and away from the inner skin;
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- the mount configured as a monolithic body;
- wherein the outer skin axially overlaps the coupler;
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- wherein a gap is formed by and extends radially between a distal end of the coupler and a distal end of the outer skin.
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system, comprising:
- a cowl door movable between a closed position and an open position;
- the cowl door including a structural panel and a mount;
- the structural panel including an inner skin, an outer skin and a cellular core connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin;
- the mount comprising a base and a coupler, the base connected to and arranged between the inner skin and the outer skin, and the coupler projecting out from the base;
- the coupler positioned at an axial end of the cowl door, and the coupler projecting radially inward from the base and away from the inner skin;
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- the mount configured as a monolithic body;
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- a turbine engine case configured with a receptacle;
- the coupler configured to project into and mate with the receptacle when the cowl door is in the closed position;
- wherein the outer skin axially overlaps the coupler;
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- wherein a gap is formed by and extends radially between a distal end of the coupler and a distal end of the outer skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.