US 12,377,957 B2
Load introduction system and method for manufacturing a load introduction system
Oliver Seack, Hamburg (DE); and Kathrin Stubbe, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/537,072.
Claims priority of application No. 22213593 (EP), filed on Dec. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0199194 A1, Jun. 20, 2024
Int. Cl. B64C 9/02 (2006.01); B64C 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 9/02 (2013.01) [B64C 9/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load introduction system comprising:
an aerodynamic component having a skin section with an aerodynamic outer surface and a protrusion extending from the aerodynamic outer surface of the skin section;
an attachment unit for movably coupling the aerodynamic component to a base unit;
wherein the attachment unit comprises a first attachment element and a second attachment element, each of the first attachment element and the second attachment element having a mounting interface that is configured to mount the attachment unit to the skin section and to the protrusion of the aerodynamic component;
wherein each of the first attachment element and second attachment element has a contact surface;
wherein the contact surface of the first attachment element and the contact surface of the second attachment element are in contact with each other in an assembled state of the attachment unit;
wherein each of the first attachment element and the second attachment element has a first opening for receiving a coupling mechanism of the base unit;
wherein, in the assembled state of the attachment unit, the first opening of the first attachment element and the first opening of the second attachment element coaxially align with each other, such that the first opening of the first attachment element and the first opening of the second attachment element cooperatively receive the coupling mechanism of the base unit.