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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Airbus Helicopters Deutschland Gmbh, Donauworth, DE;
Axel Fink, Donauworth, DE;
AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Donauworth, DE;
Abstract
A helicopter with a fuselage and a composite tail boom. The composite tail boom has at least a tubular tail boom cone and a composite attachment ring segment that defines a mating face which is connected to the fuselage at an associated connection interface by means of a plurality of tension members that are oriented longitudinally with respect to a longitudinal extension direction of the composite tail boom. The plurality of tension members are distributed over a perimeter of the composite attachment ring segment. The composite attachment ring segment has a clamp ring section with a plurality of tension member accommodations. The clamp ring section defines the mating face of the composite attachment ring segment. The plurality of tension members is at least partly accommodated in the plurality of tension member accommodations.