Panel assembly
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJohn Martin GAITONDE, Chris HEAYSMAN
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Abstract
A panel assembly is disclosed having a panel, a beam attached to the panel, and a plurality of stiffeners attached to the panel. Each stiffener includes a respective bridge which crosses over the beam at an intersection from a first side of the beam to a second side of the beam. Each bridge has an outer surface facing away from the panel and an inner surface facing towards the panel. The inner surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a recess at the intersection, and the outer surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a protrusion at the intersection.
Claims20
A panel assembly comprising:
- a panel;
- a beam attached to the panel;
- and a plurality of stiffeners attached to the panel, wherein each stiffener comprises a respective bridge which crosses over the beam at an intersection from a first side of the beam to a second side of the beam, each bridge has an outer surface facing away from the panel and an inner surface facing towards the panel, the inner surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a recess at the intersection, and the outer surface of each bridge deviates away from the panel to form a protrusion at the intersection.
An aircraft wing comprising an upper cover panel;
- a lower cover panel;
- ribs connecting the upper cover panel to the lower cover panel;
- and a plurality of stiffeners attached to the upper and lower cover panels, wherein each rib is joined to each cover panel by a respective rib/cover connection arrangement, at least one of the rib/cover connection arrangements comprises a rib foot beam which crosses the stiffeners at a series of intersections and is attached to a respective one of the ribs between the intersections, wherein each stiffener deviates away from the panel at each intersection to form a respective protruding bridge which crosses over the rib foot beam at the intersection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.