Anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion unit having a shock absorbing element
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsFrédéric VINCHES, Gregory ALBET, Julien SENTIER
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Abstract
An anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion unit having an air inlet lip at the front end, an internal structure and an external panel extending the air inlet lip, and an annular rigidifying frame having an external peripheral edge connected to the external panel is disclosed. The anterior part of the nacelle includes a shock-absorbing element connected rigidly on the one hand to an internal peripheral edge of the rigidifying frame and on the other hand to the internal structure.
Claims14
An anterior part of a nacelle of an aircraft propulsion unit, the anterior part having a front end allowing air to enter and a rear end, comprising:
- an air inlet lip arranged at the front end,
- an internal structure extending an interior surface of the air inlet lip,
- an external panel extending an exterior surface of the air inlet lip,
- a rigidifying frame that is annular about an axis of revolution, the rigidifying frame comprising an external peripheral edge connected to the external panel,
- wherein the anterior part of the nacelle comprises a shock-absorbing element connected rigidly to an internal peripheral edge of the rigidifying frame at a first point and to the internal structure at a second point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.