An airframe or a part thereof 3, for example a skin assembly or a profile such as a structural profile, comprises a wall W having an aperture A therethrough. The wall W provides a frame F surrounding, at least in part, the aperture A. A panel P conforms with the aperture A. The airframe or the part 3 thereof is configurable in a first configuration, wherein the panel P and the frame F are mutually spaced apart and a second configuration, wherein the panel P is received in the frame F. In the second configuration the frame F resists movement of the panel P in two or three mutually orthogonal directions.
Airframe and method of manufacturing an airframe
2021-08-04
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B29D PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE , Herstellen besonderer Gegenstände aus Kunststoff oder aus Stoffen in plastischem Zustand / B64F GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT , Boden- oder Flugzeugträgerdeckeinrichtungen besonders ausgebildet für die Verwendung in Verbindung mit Luftfahrzeugen |