Wing structure
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMichael Tucker, Timothy Sanderson
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Abstract
A wing structure is provided, wherein the wing structure comprises; an upper covering, a lower covering, and a spar, the spar comprising; a spar web, an upper spar cap attached to the upper covering, and a lower spar cap attached to the lower covering, the wing structure also comprising a face spaced apart from the spar web extending between the upper and lower spar caps. The wing structure is arranged to contain fuel in a fuel containment area between the upper and lower coverings on one side of the spar web. The upper and lower spar caps extend from the spar web only on the other side of the spar web to the fuel containment area.
Claims18
A wing structure, wherein
- the wing structure comprises;
- an upper covering,
- a lower covering, and
- a spar, the spar comprising;
- a spar web,
- an upper spar cap attached to the upper covering, and
- a lower spar cap attached to the lower covering,
- a face spaced apart from the spar web extending between the upper and lower spar caps,
- the wing structure is arranged to contain fuel in a fuel containment area between the upper and lower coverings on one side of the spar web, and
- wherein the upper and lower spar caps extend from the spar web only on the other side of the spar web to the fuel containment area.
A wing structure, wherein
- the wing structure comprises;
- an upper covering,
- a lower covering, and
- a spar, the spar comprising;
- a spar web,
- an upper spar cap attached to the upper covering, and
- a lower spar cap attached to the lower covering,
- a face spaced apart from the spar web extending between the upper and lower spar caps,
- the wing structure is arranged to contain fuel in a fuel containment area between the upper and lower coverings on one side of the spar web,
- wherein the upper and lower spar caps extend from the spar web only on the other side of the spar web to the fuel containment area,
- wherein the upper spar cap comprises a mounting flange and the lower spar cap comprises a mounting flange, the mounting flanges extending away from the respective spar cap towards the opposite spar cap and wherein the face is at least partly defined by a joining structure attached to the mounting flanges of the upper and lower spar caps, and,
- wherein a leading or trailing edge structure can be mounted on the plate or joining structure before the plate/joining structure is mounted to the rest of the wing structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.