Aircraft Wing With Multi-Tube Structure
AssigneeJoby Aero, Inc.
InventorJoachim Grenestedt
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Abstract
An aircraft wing with tube sections residing therein which may be used to house passengers, fuel, cargo, and other items, and which may be an asymmetric oblique wing aircraft. A joining structure adapted to join adjacent tube structures together while providing high strength with low weight. The joining structure may be of composite materials, and may include warp tows in the longitudinal direction of the tubes and have weft tows cross-woven into a fabric, which may be a carbon fiber. The joining structure may be Y-shaped and adapted to join three composite sheets together. The weft tows may also be wound around a central cluster of tows, or tows, which may provide extra strength. The tubes may be pressurized in use, such as in an aircraft fuselage.
Claims10
An aircraft wing, said aircraft wing comprising:
- an upper skin;
- a lower skin;
- and
- a multi-tube structure residing between said upper skin and said lower skin, said multi-tube structure comprising:
- a first partial tube;
- a second partial tube;
- a central segment disposed between said first partial tube and said second partial tube, said central segment coupled to an upper portion of said first partial tube and said second partial tube at a first end, said central segment coupled to a lower portion of said first partial tube and said second partial tube at a second end;
- a first attachment coupler coupling said first partial tube, said second partial tube, and said central segment at the first end of said central segment;
- and
- a second attachment coupler coupling said first partial tube, said second partial tube, and said central segment at the second end of said central segment.
An aircraft wing, said aircraft wing comprising:
- an upper skin;
- a lower skin;
- and
- a multi-tube structure residing between said upper skin and said lower skin, said multi-tube structure comprising:
- a plurality of partial tubes;
- a plurality of central segments disposed between said partial tubes, said central segment coupled to an upper portion of a partial tube and an adjacent partial tube at a first end, said central segment coupled to a lower portion of the partial tube the adjacent partial tube at a second end;
- a first attachment coupler coupling a partial tube, the adjacent partial tube, and a central segment at the first end of said central segment;
- and
- a second attachment coupler coupling a partial tube, the adjacent partial tube, and a central segment at the second end of said central segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.