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US 2014/0272264 A1Published application
Wing panel for aircraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMathieu Normand, Olivier Frot, Erik Cresto, Sebastien Azam
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Abstract
A panel for an aircraft wing, having a sandwich structure in which there is arranged a reinforcing part. When the panel is attached to a bracket so as to be articulated to another element, the reinforcing part is provided in order to distribute, over its entire surface, a force transmitted by the bracket to the panel.
Claims7
A panel comprising
- a first skin and a second skin attached to one another,
- a core arranged in a volume delimited by an assembly of the first and the second skin, between an internal face of the first skin and an internal face of the second skin,
- a reinforcing part arranged in a cut-out made in the core, the reinforcing part comprising a flank having one face parallel to and in contact with the internal face of either the first or the second skin, and
- at least one cylindrical tube secured to the flank arranged perpendicular to the face of the flank,
- each cylindrical tube surrounding, in the position of use, an assembly means passing through the panel from the first to the second skin and having one end in contact with an external face of the other of the first and second skins.
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An assembly comprising:
- at least one bracket and one panel via at least one assembly means,
- the panel comprising a first skin and a second skin attached to one another,
- the panel comprising:
- a core arranged in a volume delimited by an assembly of the first and the second skin, between an internal face of the first skin and an internal face of the second skin,
- a reinforcing part arranged in a cut-out made in the core,
- the reinforcing part comprising a flank having one face parallel to and in contact with the internal face of either the first or the second skin, and
- at least one cylindrical tube secured to the flank arranged perpendicular to the face of the flank,
- each cylindrical tube surrounding, in the position of use, an assembly means passing through the panel from the first to the second skin and having one end in contact with the external face of the other of the first and second skins, and
- the at least one assembly means being secured to the bracket and passing through the panel, and being received in the at least one cylindrical tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.