Aircraft structure and a fastener for use therewith
AssigneeAirbus UK Limited
InventorsAndrew HARRIS, David STEWART
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Abstract
An aircraft structure, for example wing (20), comprises a structural skeleton comprising structural elements (in this example spars (60) and ribs (70)) enclosed within a skin (200). A fastener (110a,b) is fastened to the skeleton and wholly within the skin (200). The fastener (110a,b) fastens to the structure (20) a bracket (120) for carrying stores (80). The fastener (110a,b) comprises a body (300) defining an internal bore (230). The body (300) includes an internal threaded region (330), within the internal bore (230), for fastening the bracket (120) to the aircraft structure (20).
Claims21
An aircraft panel fastener for securing a skin panel to an underlying internal structural member, the fastener comprising:
- a head arranged to engage a skin panel;
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- an elongate body arranged to extend through a skin panel for engagement with an underlying structural member;
- wherein the fastener further comprises:
- an internal bore extending from the head into a portion of the body, the bore being provided with an internally threaded region adapted to receive a faster for fastening to the aircraft structure external stores.
An aircraft structure comprising:
- (1) a structural skeleton comprising structural components enclosed within a skin;
- (2) a fastener, fastened to the skeleton, for fastening to the aircraft structure a bracket for carrying stores, the fastener comprising a body defining an internal bore, the body including an internal threaded region, within the internal bore, for fastening the bracket to the structure, the fastener being wholly within the structure skin.
An aircraft structure comprising:
- (1) a structural skeleton comprising structural enclosed within a skin;
- (2) a fastener, fastening the skin to the skeleton and for fastening to the aircraft structure a bracket for carrying stores, the fastener comprising a body defining an internal bore, the body including means for fastening within the internal bore the bracket to the structure, the fastener being wholly within the structure skin.
A fastener for fastening to an aircraft structure a bracket for carrying stores, the aircraft structure comprising an internal skeleton and an external skin, the fastener comprising a substantially cylindrical body having a first end and a second end and defining an internal bore, the body comprising:
- (1) an internal threaded region, within the internal bore, for fastening the bracket to the aircraft structure, and an external threaded region, at the body's first end, for fastening the fastener to the structure's skeleton;
- (2) a flange at the body's second end for engaging with an external surface of the skin;
- (3) a flat region for locking with a locking collar or plate;
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- wherein the body is also arranged to provide a load path between the external skin and the internal skeleton when not fastening a bracket for carrying stores.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.