Leading-edge arrangement for a flow body of a vehicle
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsAnthony WARREN, Marco BIONDINI
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Abstract
A leading-edge arrangement for a flow body has a curved skin panel having outer and inner sides, and a three-dimensional reinforcing lattice. The curvature of the outer side of the lattice corresponds to the curvature of the inner side of the skin panel. The outer side of the lattice has attachment points connected to the inner side of the skin panel. The lattice is constructed as a three-dimensional framework having a interconnected framework members that form at least one layer of interconnected three-dimensional bodies.
Claims15
A leading-edge arrangement for a flow body, comprising:
- a curved skin panel having a skin-panel outer side and a skin-panel inner side;
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- a three-dimensional reinforcing lattice having a lattice outer side;
- wherein curvature of the lattice outer side corresponds to curvature of the skin-panel inner side;
- wherein the lattice outer side has a plurality of attachment points connected to the skin-panel inner side;
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- wherein the reinforcing lattice is constructed as a three-dimensional framework having a plurality of interconnected framework members forming at least one layer of interconnected three-dimensional bodies.
A method for producing a leading-edge arrangement, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a curved skin panel in a mould, the curved skin panel comprising a skin-panel outer side and a skin-panel inner side;
- placing a three-dimensional reinforcing lattice onto the skin-panel inner side in the mould;
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- connecting the skin panel and the reinforcing lattice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.