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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Dimitri Orlov, Tornesch, DE;
Dirk Richter, Hamburg, DE;
Memis Tiryaki, Jork, DE;
Ralf Reinhold, Pinneberg, DE;
Wolfgang Eilken, Hamburg, DE;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg, DE;
Abstract
A fuselage section of an aircraft has an inner surface with a non-circular contour. A pressure bulkhead for use in the fuselage section has a non-circular outer edge that is aligned with the non-circular contour of the inner surface of the fuselage section. The pressure bulkhead has a spherically-shaped inner section having radially arranged stiffening units and a non-spherically outer section having additional radially arranged stiffening units; the stiffening units corresponding to each section do no extend into the other section. The pressure bulkhead is attached to the fuselage section. A method of manufacturing a fuselage section having such a pressure bulkhead is also provided.