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US 2022/0274684 A1Published application
Wingbox with removable fuel tank
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorWilliam TULLOCH
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Abstract
An aircraft wingbox assembly is disclosed having a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover and a pair of spars; a plurality of ribs in the wingbox. The ribs divide the wingbox into bays. A fuel tank is in a first one of the bays. One of the spars includes a spar hole which is configured to enable the fuel tank to be removed from the first one of the bays through the spar hole.
Claims22
An aircraft wingbox assembly comprising:
- a wingbox with an upper cover, a lower cover and a pair of spars;
- a plurality of ribs in the wingbox, wherein the ribs divide the wingbox into bays;
- and a fuel tank in a first one of the bays, wherein one of the spars comprises a spar hole which is configured to enable the fuel tank to be removed from the first one of the bays through the spar hole.
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A spar for an aircraft wingbox, the spar comprising:
- a spar web;
- a spar flange;
- and a spar hole in the spar web, wherein the spar hole is sized to enable a fuel tank to be removed through the spar hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.