An aircraft (100), a center wing box assembly (150) for an aircraft (100), and a spanwise beam section (155) for a center wing box assembly (150) that includes a segmented structural configuration with an optimized access hole (155e) to accommodate user access into an interior space of the center wing box for purposes of assembly and maintenance. The center wing box assembly (150) includes a first spanwise beam section (155a), a second spanwise beam section (155b), spaced from the first spanwise beam section (155a), and a plurality of chord members (155c, 155d) serving as load-bearing structural reinforcement members for the first spanwise beam section (155a) and the second spanwise beam section (155b). The chord members (155c, 155d) extend across the space between the first spanwise beam section (155a) and the second spanwise beam section (155b) to connect the first spanwise beam section (155a) and the second spanwise beam section (155b) in a manner which defines an access hole (155e) at the interior space.
SEGMENTED SPANWISE BEAM FOR ENHANCED CENTER WING BOX ACCESS
SEGMENTIERTER SPANNWEITEN-TRÄGER FÜR VERBESSERTEN ZUGANG ZU EINEM ZENTRALEN FLÜGELKASTEN
POUTRE SEGMENTÉE DANS LE SENS DE L'ENVERGURE POUR ACCÈS AMÉLIORÉ À UN CAISSON CENTRAL D'AILE
2024-05-15
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
SEGMENTED SPANWISE BEAM FOR ENHANCED CENTER WING BOX ACCESS
Europäisches Patentamt | 2024
|NTIS | 2018
|NTRS | 2018
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