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US 2018/0022434 A1Published application
Space frame aircraft bracing
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsRobert Erik Grip, Max U. Kismarton
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Abstract
Disclosed are structures and features of a space frame aircraft. In particular, this disclosure relates to bracing for a space frame aircraft.
Claims20
A space frame for an aircraft comprising:
- a bay sized to hold an ISO container and further comprising:
- a first vertical element having a first end and a second end;
- a first longitudinal element having a length;
- a first node coupling the first end of the first vertical element to the first longitudinal element;
- a second node positioned along the first longitudinal element at a location that is a fraction of the first longitudinal element length;
- and
- a first brace extending from the second end of the first vertical element to the second node.
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A space frame cargo hold comprising:
- a lower deck comprising a first transverse row of substantially rectangular bays and a second transverse row of substantially rectangular bays;
- an upper deck, above the lower deck, and comprising a first transverse row of substantially rectangular bays and a second transverse row of substantially rectangular bays;
- wherein each substantially rectangular bay is sized to hold an ISO container and comprises:
- a longitudinal element having a length;
- and
- a vertical element;
- a first node connecting a juncture of the longitudinal element with the vertical element;
- a second node positioned along the longitudinal element at a location that is a fraction of the length of the longitudinal element;
- and
- a first brace extending from the vertical element to the second node.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.