US 12,466,539 B2
Leading edge device for an aerodynamic component and method for manufacturing a leading-edge device for an aerodynamic component
Martin Fees, Hamburg (DE); Christian Bast, Hamburg (DE); Robert Lange, Hamburg (DE); and Lilian Joachim, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/895,084.
Claims priority of application No. 23199406 (EP), filed on Sep. 25, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0100672 A1, Mar. 27, 2025
Int. Cl. B64C 3/28 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 3/28 (2013.01) 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leading-edge device for an aerodynamic component, comprising:
a first skin element having an inner surface and an aerodynamic outer surface;
a second skin element having an inner surface and an aerodynamic outer surface;
a first coupling element protruding from the inner surface of the first skin element;
a second coupling element protruding from the inner surface of the second skin element;
wherein the first coupling element and the second coupling element are coupled to each other in a coupling region that is arranged between the inner surface of the first skin element and the inner surface of the second skin element;
wherein the first skin element and the first coupling element are formed as a single-piece structure; and,
wherein, in the coupling region, the first coupling element and the second coupling element overlap each other, thereby forming an overlapping region that is substantially perpendicular to the first and the second skin elements.