# US 9,517,828 B2 · Aircraft fuselage frame made of laminated composite materials and including reinforcement curved zones of varying value of radius of curvature

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- Number: US 9,517,828 B2
- Document ID: US9517828B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/445,448
- Filed: 2014-07-29
- Published: 2015-12-03
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2013-07-30
- Assignees: Airbus Helicopters
- Applicants: Airbus Helicopters
- Inventors: Pierre Prud'Homme-Lacroix
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517828B2

## CPC

- B64C 1/061: {Frames}
- B64C 2001/0072: {from composite materials}
- Y02T 50/40: Weight reduction
- B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
- Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

## Abstract

A structural frame for a fuselage of an aircraft. The frame is formed from a composite material profile comprising curved zones (7) that interconnect together zones to be joined of the frame, having respective orientations. Each of the curved zones (7) of the frame is geometrically defined by at least one radius of curvature. The value of the radius of curvature (R2), geometrically defining a curved zone (7) of the frame varies as a function of the curvilinear abscissa of each points on the inside periphery of the inside flange from any point of the curved zone relative to a given reference point (P1).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A structural frame of an aircraft fuselage, said frame including curved zones interconnecting together zones to be joined; said zones to be joined are located at respective ends of a given curved zone, the frame being formed by a profile made of laminated composite materials comprising a core bordered at least by one inside flange facing towards an inside recess of the frame, each of the curved zones of the frame being geometrically defined by at least one radius of curvature;
wherein said at least one radius of curvature geometrically defining at least one curved zone of the frame at least in part, is variable, having a value that varies as a function of a curvilinear abscissa of each points on an inside periphery of the inside flange facing towards the inside recess of the frame, from any point of the curved zone relative to a given reference point.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A frame according to claim 1, wherein a variation in the value of a varying radius of curvature is defined linearly according to a clothoid as a function of the curvilinear abscissa.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A frame according to claim 1, wherein a variation in the value of a varying radius of curvature is defined by the square of the curvilinear abscissa.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A frame according to claim 1, wherein at least one curved zone of the frame is geometrically defined by at least two distinct successive radii of curvature, at least one of which is a varying radius of curvature.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A frame according to claim 4, wherein among said successive radii of curvature, at least a first radius of curvature is a radius of curvature of constant value, and at least a second radius of curvature is a said varying radius of curvature.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A frame according to claim 4, wherein the successive radii of curvature are said varying radii of curvature.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A frame according to claim 1, wherein a value of the varying radius of curvature defining the curved zone at least in part, is established lower than a threshold value that is predefined by a resistance of the profile to delamination under given stressing conditions of the profile on board the aircraft.