US 8,894,013 B2Granted

Aircraft assembly and method for producing an aircraft assembly

AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH

InventorsHermann Benthien, Axel Soeffker

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Abstract

An aircraft assembly is provided having a first aircraft component and a second aircraft component, at least one of the aircraft components being composed of a fibre-reinforced composite material, a connecting device connecting the first aircraft component to the second aircraft component, the connecting device including a first and a second section having a carrier element connected to the first and second aircraft components respectively, the first section having a first surface facing the first aircraft component and a second surface facing away from the first aircraft components, the second section having a first surface facing the second aircraft component and a second surface facing away from the second aircraft component. The first and second sections include a plurality of hook and loop elements extending from the second surface of the carrier element and cooperate to produce a hook and loop connection between the first and second aircraft components.

Claims22

Dependent claims

An aircraft assembly comprising:

a first aircraft component and a second aircraft component, at least one of the aircraft components being composed of a fibre-reinforced composite material;
and
a connecting device connecting the first aircraft component to the second aircraft component, the connecting device comprising:
a first section including a carrier element connected to the first aircraft component and having a first surface facing the first aircraft component and a second surface facing away from the first aircraft component, and a plurality of hook and loop elements extending from the second surface of the carrier element;
and
a second section including a carrier element connected to the second aircraft component and having a first surface facing the second aircraft component and a second surface facing away from the second aircraft component, and a plurality of hook and loop elements extending from the second surface of the carrier element, the hook and loop elements of the first and the second section of the connecting device cooperating to produce a hook and loop connection between the first and the second aircraft component,
wherein at least one of the carrier element of the first section of the connecting device and the carrier element of the second section of the connecting device comprises a woven fabric or a laid scrim of reinforcing fibres and is integrated into the aircraft component material of the aircraft component to which the at least one carrier element is connected.

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A method for producing an aircraft assembly comprising:

connecting a first aircraft component to a carrier element of a first section of a connecting device such that a first surface of the carrier element faces the first aircraft component and a second surface of the carrier element faces away from the first aircraft component, a plurality of hook and loop elements extending from the second surface of the carrier element;
connecting a second aircraft component to a carrier element of a second section of the connecting device such that a first surface of the carrier element faces the second aircraft component and a second surface of the carrier element faces away from the second aircraft component, a plurality of hook and loop elements extending from the second surface of the carrier element, and at least one of the aircraft components being composed of a fibre-reinforced composite material, wherein at least one of the carrier element of the first section of the connecting device and the carrier element of the second section of the connecting device comprises a woven fabric or a laid scrim of reinforcing fibres and is integrated into the aircraft component material of the aircraft component to which the at least one carrier element is connected;
and
producing a hook and loop connection between the first and the second aircraft components by engaging the hook and loop elements of the first and the second section of the connecting device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/469,822Filed 11 May 2012 · us provisional application
Priority: DE 10 2011 101 45013 May 2011
Published: US 2013/0125354 A123 May 2013
Granted: 25 Nov 2014
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification31 codes

B64C 1/12
Frames; Stringers; Longerons ; Fuselage sections: construction or attachment of skin panels
A44B 18/0069
Fasteners of the touch-and-close type; Making such fasteners: details
B29C 65/483
Characterised by the type of adhesives: reactive adhesives, e.g. chemically curing adhesives
B29C 65/562
Using mechanical means or mechanical connections, e.g. form-fits: using extra joining elements, i.e. which are not integral with the parts to be…