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US 9,809,296 B2Granted
Aircraft fuselage comprising an outer insulation
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorOlivier Picot
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Abstract
An aircraft fuselage comprising a structure, a skin connected to the structure and forming a barrier between the interior and the exterior of the fuselage, an external coating being plated or placed against said skin, wherein the external coating comprises a thermal insulator that covers the fuselage at least in part and has at least one foam insulating layer. The external coating comprises a plurality of juxtaposed panels adhesively bonded to the fuselage and/or secured to the fuselage by mechanical fixings.
Claims11
An aircraft fuselage comprising:
- a structure,
- a skin connected to said structure and forming a barrier between an interior and an exterior of the fuselage,
- an external coating placed against said skin,
- said external coating comprising a thermal insulator that covers the fuselage at least in part and having at least one foam insulating layer,
- said external coating comprising a plurality of juxtaposed panels adhesively bonded to the fuselage and/or secured to the fuselage by mechanical fixings wherein at an edge of said panels the insulating layer comprises a rectilinear portion arranged perpendicularly to the skin and extending from said skin to a framework, further a curved portion having a convex radius of curvature extends from said framework to an eternal layer.
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An aircraft having a fuselage comprising:
- a structure,
- a skin connected to said structure and forming a barrier between an interior and an exterior of the fuselage,
- an external coating placed against said skin,
- said external coating comprising a thermal insulator that covers the fuselage at least in part and having at least one foam insulating layer,
- said external coating comprising a plurality of juxtaposed panels adhesively bonded to the fuselage and/or secured to the fuselage by mechanical fixings wherein at an edge of said panels the insulating layer comprises a rectilinear portion arranged perpendicularly to the skin and extending from said skin to a framework, further a curved portion having a convex radius of curvature extends from said framework to an eternal layer.
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