Disclosed is an elongate aircraft structural component for an aircraft, the elongate aircraft structural component comprising a web and a flange, wherein the flange extends from the web, comprises layers of composite material, and has a length in a direction of a length of the elongate aircraft structural component, a width perpendicular to the length of the flange and a thickness smaller than, and perpendicular to, both the width and the length of the flange, wherein the width of the flange varies along the length of the flange, whereby the flange comprises a wide flange region and a narrow flange region, the narrow flange region having a smaller width than the wide flange region, and wherein the wide flange region comprises stitching interconnecting the layers of composite material, the stitching extending along a path in a direction with at least a component parallel to the width of the flange.
ELONGATE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ELONGATE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL COMPONENT
LÄNGLICHE FLUGZEUGSTRUKTURKOMPONENTE UND VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER LÄNGLICHEN FLUGZEUGSTRUKTURKOMPONENTE
COMPOSANT STRUCTUREL D'AÉRONEF ALLONGÉ ET PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN COMPOSANT STRUCTUREL D'AÉRONEF ALLONGÉ
2025-06-04
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B29C Formen oder Verbinden von Kunststoffen , SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS / B32B LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM , Schichtkörper, d.h. aus Ebenen oder gewölbten Schichten, z.B. mit zell- oder wabenförmiger Form, aufgebaute Erzeugnisse |
European Patent Office | 2025
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