Load transmitting connecting element with bolt eyes
AssigneeMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gesellschaft mit beschraenkter Haftung
InventorsWolfgang Buchs, Rolf Staedtler
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Abstract
A force or load transmitting connecting element is provided at its ends w bolt eyes for receiving bolts which secure the connecting element to another structural component also provided with complementary bolt eyes or for securing a wing to an aircraft body. The bolt eyes must be capable of taking up compression and/or tension loads. For this purpose at least one reinforcing bridging web is located between at least two bolt eyes. The bridging web extends with its main plane perpendicularly to the central axes of the bolt eyes and loops at least partially around at least one of the bolt eyes. The bolt eyes are constructed as metal bushings. Thus, the bridging web braces the bolt eyes relative to each other.
Claims12
A load transmitting connecting element, comprising at least two bolt eyes for receiving respective bolts to connect such an element to another structural component also provided with bolt eyes, each bolt eye having a respective central axis, bridging web means operatively interposed between said two bolt eyes, said bridging web means having a main plane extending substantially at a right angle to said central bolt eye axes for bracing the bolt eyes relative to each other, said bridging web means having looping means looping around at least one of said bolt eyes approximately in a semicircular manner.
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