IP Library Granted Patent US 8,128,030
Granted Patent B2
US 8,128,030 · App. 11/923,909 · Granted Mar 6, 2012

Line system for an aircraft

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Patent No.
US 8,128,030
App. No.
11/923,909
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A line system for an aircraft, in particular an airplane, having multiple assemblies, in particular multiple fuselage sections of a fuselage cell and multiple wing shells, the line system including multiple lines for transmitting power and/or information, wherein the lines are integrated on and/or in a support layer, the support layer being situated on and/or in the shell-shaped assemblies.

Claims (11)

1. A structural assembly for an aircraft comprising:

at least first and second aircraft fuselage sections constructed to be joined to form a larger aircraft assembly;

a support layer integrally constructed on a surface facing an interior of the aircraft of said at least first and second fuselage sections;

a line system comprising multiple paths for transmitting at least one of power and information, said line system integrally constructed on or in said support layer; and

couplings constructed in said at least first and second aircraft fuselage sections connected to said multiple paths, to connect the line system of said at least first and second fuselage sections, when said at least first and second fuselage sections are joined.

2. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 1 , wherein the line system is comprised of: electrical lines, which are generated on the support layer by printing, painting, spraying, or vapor depositing an electrically conductive agent.

3. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 2 , wherein the support layer is implemented as electrically insulating.

4. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 1 wherein the line system is comprised of optical conductors.

5. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 1 , wherein at least one junction element is provided, in the area of the at least one coupling element for attaching at least one of electrical and optical components.

6. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 1 wherein the aircraft fuselage sections are made from a fiber-reinforced plastic material, the line system being situated in the fiber reinforcement.

7. A structural assembly for an aircraft, according to claim 1 wherein the aircraft fuselage sections are made from aluminum alloy sheets, the lines at least locally being fixed to the aluminum alloy sheets.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
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