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US 4,728,059 AGranted
Pressurized wall in aircraft
AssigneeMBB GmbH
InventorsGerhard Stephen, Joachim Wrobel
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Abstract
The internal wall such as the rear wall in the passenger compartment of a commercial aircraft, and separating compartments which are under different pressure, is rendered safe by providing a wall capturing net on the low pressure side of the wall and fastening that net to the fuselage proper.
Claims2
In combination with a partioning wall structure for walls in the interior of an aircraft, separating compartments being maintained under different pressure, such as the rear wall in a passenger compartment, the improvement comprising:
- a holding and capturing structure comprised of a narrow meshed net fastened to the fuselage of the aircraft adjacent to points of the fuselage to which the wall is fastened such that the net is tensioned against said wall and being arranged on the low pressure side of said wall to serve as a safety and wall capturing structure;
- said net being made of woven or braided belts;
- the belts being made of synthetic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.