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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventors:
James Everett Kooiman, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David G. Carlson, North Richland Hills, TX (US);
George Ryan Decker, Mansfield, TX (US);
Jeffrey Matthew Williams, Hudson Oaks, TX (US);
Douglas K. Wolfe, Denton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Textron Innovations Inc., Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/18 (2006.01); B64C 29/00 (2006.01); B64C 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/187 (2013.01); B64C 3/26 (2013.01); B64C 29/0033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A torque box rib includes an upper rib cap configured to be coupled to an upper skin of a wing, a lower rib cap configured to be coupled to a lower skin of the wing, a forward post configured to be coupled to a forward spar of the wing, an aft post configured to be coupled to an aft spar of the wing, and a rib web configured to be coupled to the upper rib cap, the lower rib cap, the forward post, and the aft post.