The Boeing Company

Grant Brian Thomas

Francis E Andrews

Chun-Liang Lin

Bernhard Dopker

Wendell C K Choy

Robert Wayne Johnson

Anisotropic pressure panels are disclosed. The pressure panels include at least two distinct regions, with one region yielding to lateral deformation more than at least one other region. The regions each independently may include a plurality of beads, such beads optionally integrally formed in the body of the pressure panel. In aerospace applications, the pressure panel may be coupled to load-bearing structures, such as wings, and may at least partially define a wheel well.

Pressure panels

The present disclosure is generally directed to an aircraft including an aircraft body having a number of body frame members on an outboard portion of the aircraft body, a wing assembly extending through a portion of the aircraft body. At least one pair of an attachment member and an attachment strap member are fixedly attached to an upper surface of the wing assembly proximate the portion of the aircraft body at a location of one of the number of body frame members. A number of fasteners fixedly attach the aircraft body via at least one body frame member to one attachment member and a corresponding attachment strap member, thereby securing the aircraft body to the wing assembly.

Methods and apparatus for attaching an aircraft wing assembly to an aircraft body

The present disclosure is generally directed to an aircraft body including a fuselage skin on an outboard member of the aircraft body and a wing box extending through a member of the aircraft body. The wing box being enclosed and capable of being pressurized is fixedly attached at an outer surface to at least one pair of an attachment member and an attachment link member that is fixedly attached to the aircraft body.

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Lake Stevens, WA, United States of America

Grant Brian Thomas