Aircraft structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsSteven Coulter, Simon King
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Abstract
An aircraft wing includes a rear spar, a first skin, a second skin overhanging and converging to an opening of width (A), a support structure including a bracket engaging the spar and skins and a rib engaging the bracket via a rib attachment portion with a dimension (C) less than dimension (A).
Claims12
An aircraft component support structure for mounting an aircraft component on an aircraft wing, said wing comprising a wing spar, a first wing skin panel overhanging a first side of the spar and a second wing skin panel overhanging a second side of the spar opposite the first side, in which the first and second panels converge to a first opening having a first width between respective edges of the first and second panels, the support structure further comprising:
- a bracket engaging the spar such that the bracket is retained relative to the spar, said bracket comprising a rib attachment flange projecting from said spar;
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- a rib comprising a rib mounting portion removably fixed with the bracket rib attachment flange, which mounting portion has a first dimension sized to permit passage of the rib mounting portion through the first opening to engage and disengage the bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.