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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2022
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Danilo Vukosav, Kirkland, WA (US);
Daniel Cox, Seattle, WA (US);
Evgeny M. Potupchik, Mukilteo, WA (US);
James David Tummons, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ryan Matthew Slater, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Timothy R. Portway, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides a keel beam assembly, an aircraft including the keel beam assembly, and a method of aircraft manufacture using the keel beam assembly. An illustrative keel beam assembly comprises a pair of keel chords extending outside an aircraft fuselage and forming at least part of a lower keel box portion of a keel box. An upper keel box portion of the keel box is coupled to the pair of keel chords and has an aft end engaged with and secured to an aft wheel well bulkhead (AWWB).