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US 2023/0406479 A1Published application
Rib mounting flanges for an unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorEmil Ghapgharan
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods including one or more rib mounting flanges, where each rib mounting flange comprises: a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel; one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for receiving cross-bracing cables; and one or more holes for connecting the rib mounting flange to an adjacent rib mounting flange.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- one or more rib mounting flanges, wherein each rib mounting flange comprises:
- a spar opening configured to receive a main spar of a wing panel;
- a plurality of pieces;
- and
- a battery, wherein the battery is attached to the plurality of pieces.
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A system comprising:
- one or more wing panels comprising one or more spars;
- one or more rib mounting flanges, wherein each rib mounting flange comprises a spar opening configured to receive the one or more spars, and wherein each rib mounting flange comprises a plurality of pieces. wherein the one or more rib mounting flanges comprise:
- an inboard end rib flange and an outboard end rib flange;
- and
- one or more rib members, wherein each rib member of the one or more rib members is attached to each rib mounting flange of the one or more rib mounting flanges, wherein the one or more rib members comprise an inboard end rib member;
- wherein the one or more rib mounting flanges further comprise a center compression rib flange;
- wherein the one or more rib members comprise a center compression rib member;
- wherein the center compression rib flange connects the center compression rib member to the one or more spars;
- wherein the center compression rib flange is located proximate a center of the one or more wing panels;
- wherein the one or more cross-bracing cables are connected between the inboard end rib flange, the center compression rib flange, and the outboard rib flange;
- and
- wherein the outboard end rib member, center compression rib member, and inboard end rib member absorb cross-bracing loads and transfer the loads to the one or more spars.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.