US 12,473,072 B2
Aircraft structure
Sven Rosebrock, Hamburg (DE); Bernward Mons, Hamburg (DE); Henning Everth, Hamburg (DE); Jörg Schwickert, Hamburg (DE); and Patrick Lieven, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE); and Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE); and Airbus Operations (S.A.S.), Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,050.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 134 902.5 (DE), filed on Dec. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194548 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64C 1/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/069 (2013.01) [B64C 1/06 (2013.01); B64D 13/06 (2013.01); B64C 2001/0072 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0655 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft structure which extends along a longitudinal axis, a lateral axis and a vertical axis, the aircraft structure comprising:
an upper shell and a lower shell that together surround an interior compartment for accommodating an aircraft cabin;
a pillar arrangement having at least one support pillar which extends through the interior compartment and connects the upper shell to the lower shell, wherein the at least one support pillar extends parallel to the vertical axis in a longitudinal central plane defined by the longitudinal axis and the vertical axis and supports the upper shell in relation to the lower shell in a central and symmetrical position;
wherein one or more of the at least one support pillar comprises:
a support structure that connects the upper shell to the lower shell for transmitting loads between the upper shell in relation to the lower shell along the longitudinal central plane; and
a pipe structure arranged within an interior of the support pillar which has at least one flow duct for the conduction of air-conditioned air that extends within the interior of the support pillar.