Reinforced leading edge section for an aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorsRubén Vivaracho Rodriguez, Gonzalo Ramirez Blanco
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Abstract
A reinforced leading edge section for an aircraft, including an outer skin formed with an aerodynamic leading edge profile, an inner reinforcement arranged internally with respect to the outer skin along the span of the leading edge section, wherein the inner reinforcement includes a base with a C-shaped configuration joined to the outermost part of the outer skin, and a web having a free end and an opposite end joined to the base, the web extended in a direction transverse to the direction of the span of the leading edge section.
Claims8
A reinforced leading edge section for an aircraft, comprising:
- an outer skin formed with an aerodynamic leading edge profile, and
- an inner reinforcement arranged internally with respect to the outer skin along a span of the leading edge section,
- wherein said inner reinforcement comprises a base with a C-shaped configuration joined to an outermost part of the outer skin, a web having a free end and an opposite end joined to the base, the web extended in a direction transverse to a direction of the span of the leading edge section, and at least one pair of secondary reinforcements integral with both ends of the base of the inner reinforcement,
- wherein the secondary reinforcements are proximate to terminal edges of each of the ends of the base of the inner reinforcement,
- wherein the inner reinforcement is fabricated as a single component, and
- wherein the free end of the web extends beyond the base a distance at least twice as large as a radius of curvature of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.