Laurence Breeze has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Abstract: A joint including first and second rib components, the first rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface; and the second rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface, wherein the abutment surfaces of the respective ribs are abutting and joined with a tension joint, and wherein the lugs are pinned to form a pinned lug joint by aligning respective holes in the plurality of lugs such that the lugs of the first and second ribs are interleaved and have one or more pins passing through the aligned lug holes. The joint may be used for attaching a wing tip device to the outboard end of an aircraft wing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2016
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2017
Assignees:
Airbus Operations Limited, Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
Inventors:
Rhona Whitlock, Massimo Del Tin, Peter Dalton, George Ford, Michael John Hill, Adrian Huntbatch, Laurence Breeze, Alain Depeige
Abstract: A joint including first and second rib components, the first rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface; and the second rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface, wherein the abutment surfaces of the respective ribs are abutting and joined with a tension joint, and wherein the lugs are pinned to form a pinned lug joint by aligning respective holes in the plurality of lugs such that the lugs of the first and second ribs are interleaved and have one or more pins passing through the aligned lug holes. The joint may be used for attaching a wing tip device to the outboard end of an aircraft wing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 22, 2016
Publication date:
November 17, 2016
Inventors:
Rhona WHITLOCK, Massimo Del TIN, Peter DALTON, George FORD, Michael John HILL, Adrian HUNTBATCH, Laurence BREEZE, Alain DEPEIGE
Abstract: A joint comprising first and second rib components, the first rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface; and the second rib having an abutment surface and a plurality of lugs disposed adjacent to the abutment surface, wherein the abutment surfaces of the respective ribs are abutting and joined with a tension joint, and wherein the lugs are pinned to form a pinned lug joint by aligning respective holes in the plurality of lugs such that the lugs of the first and second ribs are interleaved and have one or more pins passing through the aligned lug holes. The joint may be used for attaching a wing tip device to the outboard end of an aircraft wing.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 22, 2012
Publication date:
January 9, 2014
Applicant:
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMMITED
Inventors:
Rhona Whitlock, Massimo Deltin, Peter Dalton, George Ford, Michael John Hill, Adrian Huntbatch, Laurence Breeze
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