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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Gmbh, Hamburg, DE;
Inventor:
Oliver Seack, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/10 (2006.01); B64C 1/12 (2006.01); B64C 3/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 1/064 (2013.01); B64C 1/10 (2013.01); B64C 1/12 (2013.01); B64C 3/22 (2013.01); B64G 1/22 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12);
Abstract
A panel structure for a vehicle, and especially for an aircraft or spacecraft, includes an area member, especially a skin member, that defines an areal expanse with a first surface and an opposite second surface and having a thickness between the first and second surfaces; and a plurality of elongate stiffener members which are attached to the area member and extend over at least one of the first and second surfaces; wherein at least one of the stiffener members is bifurcated at a bifurcation point into two or more branch stiffener members.