Stiffener for an aircraft assembly
AssigneesAirbus Operations GmbH, Airbus SAS
InventorsAvniash Kumar YADAV, Vinayak RAMACHANDRA PATIL, Sven Hardy WERNER
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Abstract
A stiffener for an aircraft assembly is disclosed. The stiffener provides structural stability to the aircraft assembly. The stiffener has a first stiffener part having a planar web portion and a second stiffener part arranged with the first stiffener part. The second stiffener part includes a corrugated web portion having a corrugation. The present application also relates to an aircraft assembly, a fuselage for an aircraft, an aircraft and a method of forming a stiffener for an aircraft assembly.
Claims21
A stiffener for an aircraft assembly comprising:
- a first stiffener part having a planar web portion which is planar in a longitudinal direction along the first stiffener part;
- and
- a second stiffener part arranged with the first stiffener part;
- wherein the second stiffener part comprises a corrugated web portion having a corrugation.
A stiffener for an aircraft assembly comprising:
- a stiffener part having a planar web portion which is planar in a longitudinal direction along the stiffener part and a foot;
- and
- a block extending transverse to the longitudinal direction of the stiffener part between the foot and a free end.
(canceled)
A method of forming a stiffener for an aircraft assembly, the method comprising:
- holding a first stiffener part having a planar web portion which is planar in a longitudinal direction of the first stiffener part;
- holding a second stiffener part having a corrugated web portion including a corrugation;
- disposing a core in the corrugation;
- and
- sandwiching the core between the first stiffener part and the second stiffener part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.