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Granted Patent B2
US 9,017,511 · App. 13/661,454 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Aircraft protection device

Inventors: Martyn Cantrell (Bristol, GB); Nicholas Vitale (Bristol, GB)
Assignee: Airbus Operations Limited
B64F1/005
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,017,511
App. No.
13/661,454
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an aircraft protection device for protecting potentially exposed aircraft structures from direct impacts and a method of protecting an exposed edge of an aircraft component. The method includes the steps of winding filament around a foam core to create an impact protection device. A portion of the filament winding and foam core is removed from the impact protection device to create a receiving section whereby the receiving section is configured to correspond to and receive the exposed edge of the aircraft component. The impact protection device is secured to the exposed edge of the aircraft component such that the exposed edge is received in the receiving portion of the impact protection device.

Claims (12)

1. A method of protecting an exposed edge of an aircraft component, the method comprising the steps of:

winding filament around a foam core to create an impact protection device;

removing a portion of the filament winding and foam core from the impact protection device to create a receiving section, whereby the receiving section is configured to correspond to and receive the exposed edge of the aircraft component; and

securing the impact protection device to the exposed edge of the aircraft component such that the exposed edge is received in the receiving portion of the impact protection device.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1 , the step of winding filament around a foam core to create an impact protection device including applying resin to the filament.

3. A method as claimed in claim 2 , comprising the step of the resin being cured to create the impact protection device.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1 , the step of removing a portion of the filament winding and foam core comprising machining the impact protection device.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the impact protection device is secured to the exposed edge of the aircraft component adhesively.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the impact protection device is secured to the exposed edge of the aircraft component mechanically.

7. A method of manufacturing an impact protection device for protecting the exposed edge of an aircraft component, the method comprising the steps of:

winding filament around a foam core; and

removing a portion of the filament winding and foam core, thereby forming a receiving section for an exposed edge of an aircraft component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2012
From: CANTRELL, MARTYN; VITALE, NICHOLAS
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
GB 1118553.5 · Oct 27, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130108828A1 · May 2, 2013