Stiffened structural component for an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11541982-B2
Application number	US-202016815225-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Jan 3, 2023
Grant date	Jan 3, 2023

Abstract

A stiffened structural component for an aircraft includes a first material sheet with a first surface, and at least one elongate bulge that bulges out in a direction transverse to the first surface in order to stiffen the structural component, wherein each of the at least one bulge comprises two edges that extend along the first surface, wherein a continuous bulging surface extends between the edges, and wherein the bulges are formed integrally into the first material sheet through pressing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stiffened structural component for an aircraft, comprising:
a first material sheet with a first surface and having a first section and a second section; and
a plurality of bulges, each of the plurality of bulges bulging out in a direction transverse to the first surface to stiffen the structural component,
wherein each of the plurality of bulges comprises two edges extending along the first surface,
wherein a continuous bulging surface extends between the two edges,
wherein the plurality of bulges is formed integrally through pressing into the first material sheet,
wherein the first section comprises a plurality of cutouts arranged between neighboring bulges of the plurality of bulges, and
wherein the second section comprises continuous spaces between neighboring bulges of the plurality of bulges without cutouts.

2. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bulges is arranged at a distance to each other.

3. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the continuous bulging surface comprises a symmetric hollow profile.

4. The structural component of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of bulges is arranged on the first surface in a regular pattern.

5. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of bulges comprises a height in a range of 3 to 50 mm.

6. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the material of the first material sheet is not precipitation hardenable.

7. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of bulges is formed by a hot forming process.

8. The structural component of claim 1 , further comprising a second material sheet attached to a second surface of the first material sheet.

9. The structural component of claim 8 , wherein the second material sheet is attached to the first material sheet through material bonding.

10. The structural component of claim 1 , further comprising at least one cover plate for covering a bulge on a side opposite the bulging surface.

11. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the component is a rear pressure bulkhead for a pressurized cabin of an aircraft, the plurality of bulges comprising a plurality of radial bulges, distributed around a central region of the rear pressure bulkhead.

12. The structural component of claim 1 , wherein the component is a fuselage skin component for a fuselage of an aircraft, the plurality of bulges comprising a plurality of axial bulges arranged parallel and at a distance to each other.

13. An aircraft, having at least one structural component of claim 1 .

14. The aircraft according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one structural component is selected from a group of structural components, the group consisting of
a fuselage skin component,
an airframe component,
a rear pressure bulkhead,
a wing shell,
a horizontal tail plane shell,
a vertical tail plane shell,
floor panels for a cabin of the aircraft,
primary or secondary flight control surfaces,
movable flow bodies in general.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Gmbh
• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Periyasamy Chinnarajan
• Srinivasamurthy Akshay
• Entelmann Wolfgang
• Schulze Wolfgang
• Rohde Jens

Classifications

• B32B15/00

  Layered products comprising {a layer of} metal · CPC title

• B64F5/00 Primary

  Designing, manufacturing, assembling, cleaning, maintaining or repairing aircraft, not otherwise provided for; Handling, transporting, testing or inspecting aircraft components, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B32B3/28

  characterised by a layer comprising a deformed thin sheet {, i.e. the layer having its entire thickness deformed out of the plane}, e.g. corrugated, crumpled (B32B29/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B32B27/00

  Layered products comprising {a layer of} synthetic resin {(fibrous or filamentary layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/18)} · CPC title

• B64C1/10

  Bulkheads · CPC title