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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation, Aichi, JP;
Yoshifumi Hosokawa, Aichi, JP;
Hideto Motohashi, Aichi, JP;
Kouhei Murakami, Aichi, JP;
Toshinari Fujii, Aichi, JP;
MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An airframe panel for aircraft having stringers and ribs which enables reduction of the workload of the shimming operation includes a plurality of stringers provided on the inner surface of a lower skin along the spanwise direction of a wing, and a plurality of ribs provided along the chordwise direction of the wing. In a part of the panel in which a rib is provided, a flat support surface connects the two adjacent stringers. In another part of the panel in which no rib is provided, a stepped surface connects the two adjacent stringers where the stepped surface includes a thin-walled groove, and thick-walled bases to be connected to the stringers located at both sides of the groove.