US 12,412,978 B2
Method for manufacturing an aircraft radome by assembling small-sized pieces of skin, aircraft radome and aircraft
Jacques Fournie, Toulouse (FR); Christophe Bernus, Toulouse (FR); Olivier Verstraete, Toulouse (FR); and Thomas Berhault, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/343,826.
Claims priority of application No. 2206672 (FR), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0006753 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/422 (2013.01) [B64F 5/10 (2017.01); H01Q 1/28 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft radome comprising:
at least one shell,
a first skin, and
a second skin,
said first skin and said second skin being assembled on two opposite faces of each of the at least one shell,
said first skin and said second skin being formed from a first assembly of skin pieces and from a second assembly of skin pieces,
wherein all or some of the skin pieces of said first and second assemblies partially overlap one or more neighboring skin pieces of the assembly that includes them,
wherein a ratio between a surface area of a piece of skin overlapping one or more neighboring pieces of skin and a total surface area of that piece of skin does not exceed 30%, and
wherein one of said first skin and said second skin comprises:
a front portion which includes a tip of the radome with skin pieces arranged to form a central skin layer which forms parallel lines in a central area of the radome, such that the parallel lines are parallel to, and spaced apart from, a plane which passes through the tip of the radome.