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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Airbus Group Sas, Paris, FR;
Eurocopter, Marignane, FR;
Benjamin Luiset, Courbevoie, FR;
Thomas Navarre, Paris, FR;
Patrick Boschet, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Alain Billard, Exincourt, FR;
AIRBUS GROUP SAS, Paris, FR;
EUROCOPTER, Marignane, FR;
Abstract
A structure () for aircrafts, includes a part () including a metal leading edge (), the leading edge () being covered by a coating () having a thickness which is less than or equal to ten micrometers and having a hardness higher than six hundred in the Vickers hardness test (HV). According to a mode of embodiment, the coating () is a multilayer stainless steel coating consisting of a superposition of layers with a low nitrogen gradient and layers with a high nitrogen gradient, the layers having a thickness essentially equal to a micrometer. An aircraft including such a structure is also described.