IP Library Granted Patent US 8,083,181
Granted Patent B2
US 8,083,181 · App. 12/140,945 · Granted Dec 27, 2011

Airplane having a fuselage shell and a floor structure

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Patent No.
US 8,083,181
App. No.
12/140,945
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airplane has a fuselage shell and a floor structure that includes cross members and floor plates. Rods are used exclusively to connect the fuselage shell to the floor structure.

Claims (15)

1. An airplane comprising:

a fuselage shell;

a floor structure that includes floor plates and cross members which substantially traverse said floor structure in a transversal direction of said airplane; and

rods that connect the fuselage shell and the floor structure; wherein,

the fuselage shell and the floor structure are connected to and supported exclusively by said rods; and

one end of each of said rods is attached to a single one of said cross members.

2. The airplane according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rods has an adjustable length, for connecting the fuselage shell and the floor structure.

3. The airplane according to claim 2 , wherein said rods include a first group of rods which extend in the plane of the floor structure, and all have an adjustable length.

4. The airplane according to claim 3 , wherein each of the rods of the first group is connected with a cross member of the floor structure.

5. The airplane according to claim 3 , wherein the first group of rods includes rods that are oriented parallel to the transverse direction of the airplane.

6. The airplane according to claim 5 , wherein one of said rods that are oriented parallel to the transverse direction of the airplane is arranged at each spar element of the fuselage shell.

7. The airplane according to claim 3 , wherein the first group of rods further includes rods that are oriented at an acute angle with respect to the transverse direction of the airplane.

8. The airplane according to claim 7 , wherein one of said rods that are oriented at an acute angle with respect to the transverse direction of the airplane is arranged on each second spar element of the fuselage shell.

9. The airplane according to claim 1 , wherein the rods are detachable.

10. The airplane according to claim 1 , further comprising a second group of rods, among said rods which extend below, and at a right angle with respect to, the floor structure.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 19, 2016
From: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
Reel/Frame 040418/0890 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2008
From: BRAEUTIGAM, STEFAN; LANG, GERHARD; MEYER, RALF; SEITZ, PETER
To: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 021616/0092 →