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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2017
Airbus Operations, S.l., Getafe, ES;
Soledad Crespo Peña, Madrid, ES;
Francisco Javier Honorato Ruiz, Madrid, ES;
Iker Vélez De Mendizabal Alonso, Madrid, ES;
Carlos García Nieto, Madrid, ES;
Enrique Guinaldo Fernández, Madrid, ES;
Álvaro Torres Salas, Madrid, ES;
Pablo Cebolla Garrofe, Madrid, ES;
Álvaro Calero Casanova, Madrid, ES;
Airbus Operations, S.L., , ES;
Abstract
A tip structure for an aircraft airfoil, such as a control surface (ailerons, flaps, elevators, rudders, etc) and/or a lifting surface (wings, HTP's, VTP's) is a unitary body and includes a tip shell and a metallic material on the outer surface of the tip shell suitable to withstand a lighting strike. The tip shell has been obtained by a single-stage injection molding process using a thermoplastic composite material having fibers dispersed therein, and the metallic material has been integrally formed with the tip shell.