Frangible fasteners with flexible connectors for unmanned aircraft, and associated systems and methods are disclosed. A representative aircraft includes a fuselage portion (101), a wing portion (170), a winglet (180) carried by the wing portion, and a frangible fastener (110) coupling the winglet portion to the wing portion. The frangible fastener (110) can include an outer body with a first portion in contact with the wing portion, a second portion in contact with the winglet portion, and a frangible portion between the first and second portions. A flexible member is positioned at least partially within the outer body and is connected to the first portion so as to extend through and out of the second portion. A stop element is carried by the flexible member.
FRANGIBLE FASTENERS WITH FLEXIBLE CONNECTORS FOR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
ZERBRECHLICHE BEFESTIGUNGSMITTEL MIT FLEXIBLEN VERBINDUNGEN FÜR UNBEMANNTES LUFTFAHRZEUG UND ZUGEHÖRIGE SYSTEME UND VERFAHREN
FIXATIONS CASSABLES AVEC CONNECTEURS FLEXIBLES POUR AÉRONEF SANS ÉQUIPAGE ET SYSTÈMES ET PROCÉDÉS ASSOCIÉS
2021-03-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F16B DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES , Vorrichtungen zum Befestigen oder Sichern von Konstruktionselementen oder Maschinenteilen, z.B. Nägel, Bolzen, Schrauben, Sprengringe, Klemmen, Klammern oder Keile / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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