Aircraft frame element connected to an air-conditioning system
AssigneeAirbus Operation SAS
InventorsChristian Köfinger, Joachim Metzger, Michael Auburger
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Abstract
A frame element for use in an aircraft air-conditioning system is attachable to an aircraft structure and includes at least one strut which is formed to at least in sections as a hollow cylinder, wherein an air inlet connection of the at least one-section-wise hollow cylindrically formed strut of the frame element is connectable to an air outlet duct of an aircraft air-conditioning unit, and an air outlet connection of the at least one section-wise hollow cylindrically formed strut of the frame element is connectable to an air outlet opening terminating in a cabin region of an aircraft.
Claims13
A frame element for use in an aircraft air-conditioning system, the frame element comprising two cylindrically formed struts and at least one connecting strut extending at least in sections between the two cylindrically formed struts, wherein the frame element is attachable as an integral unit to an aircraft structure, wherein at least one of the two cylindrically formed struts is formed at least in sections as a hollow cylinder, and wherein an air inlet connection of the at least section-wise hollow cylindrically formed strut of the frame element is connected to an air outlet duct of the aircraft air-conditioning system, and an air outlet connection of the at least section-wise hollow cylindrically formed strut of the frame element is connected to an air outlet opening terminating in a cabin region of the aircraft.
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