The Boeing Company

Timothy B Adams

Michael Robert Rush

Daniel Harvey Fletcher

Colin Lee Farr

Erik Alan Phillips

Anil A Mohammed

Jose Luis Martinez

Jens K Biemann

Kin Yee Cindy Leung-Yuen

Embodiments for commercial freighter configuration for aircraft with composite wings. One embodiment is cargo floor structure for a wing center section of an aircraft. The cargo floor structure includes over wing floor beams extending longitudinally between a rear spar and a front spar of the aircraft. The over wing floor beams are coupled with an upper skin panel of a composite wing. The cargo floor structure also includes intercostals extending spanwise across the over wing floor beams. The intercostals suspended over the upper skin panel of the composite wing. The cargo floor structure also includes a truss box structure disposed between a middle pair of the over wing floor beams and configured to shear a spanwise load from the intercostals into the upper skin panel of the composite wing.

Freighter configuration for aircraft with composite wings

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Timothy B Adams