Aircraft frame
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMagdalena BOYEN, Wolfgang EILKEN, Wolfgang SCHULZE
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Abstract
An aircraft frame comprising a first partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a first aircraft fuselage segment and a second partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a second aircraft fuselage segment is provided. The first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame are configured to be connected to each other to be in a connected configuration forming the aircraft frame such that the first fuselage segment and the second fuselage segment are connectable.
Claims16
An aircraft frame comprising:
- a first partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a first aircraft fuselage segment;
- and
- a second partial aircraft frame configured to be attached to a second aircraft fuselage segment, the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame configured to be connected to each other to be in a connected configuration, and the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame are configured to establish the connected configuration such that the first fuselage segment and the second fuselage segment are connectable;
- wherein the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame are configured to form the aircraft frame in the connected configuration.
An aircraft fuselage comprising:
- a first aircraft fuselage segment with a first partial aircraft frame;
- and
- a second aircraft fuselage segment with a second partial aircraft frame, the first and the second partial aircraft frame connected to each other to be in a connected configuration and the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame form an aircraft frame in the connected configuration;
- wherein the first aircraft fuselage segment and the second aircraft fuselage segment are connected to each other by the connected configuration of the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame and the first partial aircraft frame receives and engages with a first stringer of the first aircraft fuselage segment.
A method for mounting two aircraft fuselage segments together, the method comprising the steps of:
- attaching a first aircraft fuselage segment to a first partial aircraft frame;
- attaching a second aircraft fuselage segment to a second partial aircraft frame;
- connecting the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame to establish a connected configuration to provide an aircraft frame constituted by the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame, and
- wherein the first aircraft fuselage segment is connected to the second aircraft fuselage segment by the first partial aircraft frame and the second partial aircraft frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.