Section of aircraft fuselage and aircraft including one such section
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a section of fuselage for an aircraft, including frames and bays for receiving cabin windows. According the disclosed embodiments, at least some of the frames include at least one frame segment that surrounds at least one bay, the frame segment having two branches that are disposed to the side of the bay. The ends of the branches are attached to each of the ends of the frame segment such as to form a Y.
1. A section of a fuselage for an aircraft, said section comprising:
a plurality of frames; and
a plurality of openings for receiving windows; and
a plurality of stringers;
wherein at least some of the plurality of frames include a frame sector surrounding at least one opening of the plurality of openings, the frame sector including two branches positioned laterally with respect to the opening, the ends of said branches being coupled so as to form a Y at each end of the frame sector, and wherein at least one stringer of the plurality of stringers is disposed between the frame sector and the at least one opening, such that the at least one stringer extends through a portion of each of the two branches.
2. A section according to claim 1 , wherein said opening is substantially centered on said frame sector.
3. A section according to claim 1 , wherein said frame sector has a substantially elliptic shape.
4. A section according to claim 1 , wherein said branches of said frame sector form a recess.
5. A section according to claim 4 , wherein said frame sector includes a window fixed to said opening by a fastening clip, at least a part of the perimeter of said fastening clip has a shape cooperating with said branches of the frame sector.
6. A section according to claim 1 , wherein two successive frame supports in the longitudinal direction of said section are connected together through a stabilizing plate.
7. A section according to claim 1 , wherein said opening has a shape selected from the group including an elliptical shape, a rectangular shape, a triangular shape.
8. A section according to claim 1 , wherein, with said frame including at least two frame portions, said section includes members for fixing said frame sectors on said frame portions.
9. A section according to claim 8 , wherein said fixing members include splice-plates.
10. A section according to claim 1 , wherein said frame sector is made of one piece and of composite material.
11. A section according to claim 1 , wherein at least one stringer of the plurality of stringers is positioned tangentially to at least one window opening.
12. An aircraft having a fuselage, the side walls of which include windows, wherein said fuselage includes at least one fuselage section according to claim 1 .
13. An aircraft according to claim 12 , wherein the transversal dimension of the windows is greater than or equal to the distance separating two successive frames of the fuselage.