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US 12,214,876 B2Granted
Cover panel
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsThomas Barnett, Lee Proudler
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Abstract
A cover panel for an aircraft including: a first region, a second region for forming an overlap with a second panel, and a ramp, wherein at least a portion of the ramp is between the first and second regions, wherein the ramp includes a tapered region such that a width of the ramp tapers towards a free-edge of the first region, and wherein the free-edge is configured to form a butt-joint with the second panel.
Claims17
A cover panel for an aircraft comprising:
- a first region with a first external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft,
- a second region configured to underlie a portion of a second panel, wherein the second panel includes a second external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft adjacent the first external aerodynamic surface, and
- a ramp spanning a gap between the first and second external aerodynamic surfaces, wherein the gap is parallel to the first and second external aerodynamic surfaces,
- wherein at least a portion of the ramp is between the first region and the second region,
- wherein a thickness of the cover panel varies to form the portion of the ramp between the first region towards the second region, wherein the ramp includes a tapered region such that a width of the ramp tapers towards a free-edge of the first region, and
- wherein the free-edge forms a butt-joint with the second panel.
3 more elements
A cover panel for an aircraft, comprising:
- a first region including a first external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft,
- a second region configured to underline a portion of the second panel, wherein the second panel include a second external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft adjacent the first external aerodynamic surface, and
- a ramp spanning a gap between the first and second external aerodynamic surfaces, wherein the gap is parallel to the first and second external aerodynamic surfaces,
- wherein at least a portion of the ramp is between the first region and the second region,
- wherein the ramp includes a tapered region such that a width of the ramp tapers towards a free-edge of the first region,
- wherein the free-edge forms a butt-joint with the second panel, and
- wherein the ramp includes a first portion and a second portion each between the first region and the second region, the first portion of the ramp extends in a direction angled with respect to the second portion.
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An assembly comprising:
- a cover panel comprising a first region, a second region, a ramp, wherein the first region includes a first external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft, and
- a second panel including a second external aerodynamic surface of the aircraft,
- wherein the second region underlies a portion of the second panel;
- wherein at least a portion of the ramp is between the first region and the second region,
- wherein the ramp spans a gap between and parallel to the first and second external aerodynamic surfaces,
- wherein the ramp includes a tapered region such that a width of the ramp tapers towards a free-edge of the first region, and wherein the free-edge forms a butt-joint with the second panel, and
- wherein a thickness of the cover panel varies to form the portion of the ramp between the first region towards the second region, and wherein the second panel forms an overlap with the second region of the cover panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.