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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2023
Applicant:
Airbus Operations Limited, Bristol, GB;
Inventor:
Henry Edwards, Bristol, GB;
Assignee:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED, Bristol, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 3/185 (2013.01); B64C 3/187 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wing-box structure for an aircraft is disclosed having an upper cover, a lower cover, longitudinal forward and rearward spars, and a plurality of transverse ribs. One of the transverse ribs is retained by a pair of opposed captive features disposed on an interior side of either the forward and rearward spars or the upper and lower covers. The rib is bonded rib to the forward and rearward spars and/or the upper and lower covers at a location where the rib is retained.