Airbus Operations Gmbh

Airbus Deutschland Gmbh

Deutsche Aerospace Airbus Gmbh

Carsten Paul

Marc Schimmler

Gert Lubensky

Holger Homann

Helmut Lüttig

An aircraft door includes an outer shell with an exterior and an interior, a stiffening structure arranged on the interior of the outer shell, and at least one door seal arranged on the interior of the outer shell. The door seal is circumferential in an edge region. In the edge region between the outer shell and the door seal at least one circumferential stiffening component is arranged that is connected to the stiffening structure. Thus, in a particularly simple manner and without modifications to a stiffening structure, an aircraft door may be provided with very substantial stiffness in an edge region.

Aircraft door and aircraft comprising such an aircraft door

An equipment module for a vehicle comprises a floor element, at least one first inductive coupling element and at least one electronics unit. The floor element comprises at least one attachment means, which can be reached from the top, for attaching items of equipment, and on the underside at least one retaining means for attaching the floor element at a positioning space in a vehicle. The first inductive coupling element is arranged on the floor element and is connected to at least one electronics unit. The electronics unit is adapted for providing an identification signal by way of the first inductive coupling element, which identification signal makes it possible to identify the equipment module. The invention makes it possible to quickly reconfigure a cabin of a vehicle, and makes it possible for the vehicle to quickly identify all the reconfigurable installations for adapting items of equipment on the vehicle side.

Equipment module for a vehicle and vehicle with a vehicle body comprising a cargo space

An aircraft fuselage includes at least one opening that can be closed by a flap or door, which comes to abut against at least one door stopper that is arranged on a fuselage-side door frame bulkhead and transfers the impact forces into an intermediate costal for diversion into an aircraft structure that encompasses bulkheads, wherein the door frame bulkhead exhibits an opening, through which an impact section of the door stopper extends, wherein a fastening plate section adjoining the latter comes to abut the rear side of the door frame bulkhead, which interacts with means for directly introducing the impact forces from the door stopper into the intermediate costal.

Aircraft fuselage with door stoppers attached to a door frame bulkhead

An aircraft door includes an outer skin configured as a panel structure; and a rear body structure configured as an integral cast structure and operatively connected to the panel structure so as to provide rigidity.

Aircraft door and a method for the manufacture of an aircraft door of this type

A connecting device having two curved ribs of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: a coupling element which can be connected by means of predetermined coupling sections to respective connecting sections of the two ribs; wherein at least the predetermined coupling sections of the coupling element are rectilinearly designed; and wherein at least the respective connecting sections of the two ribs each have rectilinearly running inner belt regions for a respective rectilinear connection of the predetermined coupling sections of the coupling element.

Connecting arrangement comprising a coupling element and two curved ribs of an aircraft or spacecraft

The present invention relates to an intercostals for an aircraft or space craft for diverting a load from a first rib to a second rib and/or a skin of the aircraft and/or space craft, with at least one opening region for guiding through system lines or the like, wherein the intercostal has a traverse that is movable at least between a first and a second position, wherein the traverse in the first position is provided for forming a force flow for diverting a load between the first rib and the second rib, and in the second position reveals the opening region from a predetermined side.

Intercostal for an aircraft or spacecraft

A drainage device for letting out a fluid that is present between the exterior skin and the interior lining of an aircraft, wherein the drainage device comprises a collecting vessel and an outlet line. The collecting vessel is designed to collect the fluid that is present between the exterior skin and the interior lining and the outlet line is connected to the collecting vessel and is designed to let out the collected fluid.

Drainage device, aircraft, and method for letting out a fluid that is present between the exterior skin and the interior lining of an aircraft

A water deflector includes a water-diverting area and an attachment area for attachment to a seal profile. The water-diverting area and the attachment area are connected to one another via a connection area, which is elastically deformable in such a way that when force acts on the water-diverting area, it is movable in relation to the attachment area. The water deflector can be used in the area of a door, wherein the water deflector deforms when the door is closed and comes to rest in a cavity between the seal profile and the door outer skin, and assumes its starting shape again when the door is opened.

Water deflector and system having multiple water deflectors of this type

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a frame member for an aircraft is provided comprising a clip region and a frame region. According to an aspect of this exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the clip region, shear web region and the frame region are integrated into the frame member and be formed from an extrusion mold by a milling process. Advantageously, this allows for a reduced number of individual elements for forming a frame member and provides the flexibility of variation of the forms and dimensions of a frame member for an aircraft.

Integral frame member for an aircraft

A foot board for an aircraft passenger door has an elongated nearly quadrilateral single piece construction with an inner and an outer longitudinal edge fastened by screw bolts to an aircraft door sill structure. The foot board is constructed as a one piece or integral milled component, extending over the entire width of the door sill, with an outward slope for drainage into a drainage collecting channel that receives any water from individual drainage channels feeding into the collecting channel running along the outer longitudinal edge of the foot board, and a rib is arranged between each of two neighboring drainage channels extending perpendicularly to the collecting channel. Each of the two ends of the collecting channel empties into a collecting basin having an outlet opening for collected liquids.

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Garstedt, Germany

Carsten Paul