US 2026/0070652 A1Published application

Aircraft wing structure

AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH

InventorsChris HEAYSMAN, John Martin GAITONDE, Aimee RANKIN

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Abstract

An aircraft wing including a skin and a framework for supporting the skin. The framework includes a spar extending along a length of the wing, the length extending between a root end and a tip end of the wing, a plurality of ribs extending chordwise between a leading edge of the wing and a trailing edge of the wing; and a plurality of stringers attached to the skin. The plurality of stringers includes a first stringer extending along the length of the wing, wherein a proximal end of the first stringer is arranged nearer the root end and a distal end of the stringer is arranged nearer the tip end; and an auxiliary stringer extending non-parallel with the first stringer and arranged such that a portion of the auxiliary stringer is proximal to the distal end of the first stringer.

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Dependent claims

An aircraft wing comprising:

a skin;
and
a framework for supporting the skin, the framework comprising:
a spar extending along a length of the wing, the length extending between a root end and a tip end of the aircraft wing;
a plurality of ribs extending chordwise between a leading edge of the aircraft wing and a trailing edge of the aircraft wing;
and
a plurality of stringers attached to the skin;
wherein the plurality of stringers comprises:
a plurality of principal stringers, wherein each of the principal stringers extends along a respective length in a direction of the length of the aircraft wing, a respective proximal end of each of the principal stringers is arranged nearer the root end than the tip end, and a respective distal end of each of the principal stringers is arranged nearer the tip end than the root end, and
an auxiliary stringer extending non-parallel with each of the principal stringers and arranged such that the respective distal end of the principal stringer is connected to a respective portion of the auxiliary stringer at a respective joint.

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