US 12,479,562 B2
Flexible corner fitting intended to contribute to a connection between at least three walls of at least one aircraft box structure
Arnaud Tonnele, Toulouse (FR); Javier Maqueda Lahoz, Toulouse (FR); Frédéric Goupil, Toulouse (FR); Vincent Fauchille, Toulouse (FR); and Carole Beau, Toulouse (FR)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed by Airbus Operations SAS, Toulouse (FR)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,720.
Claims priority of application No. 2113634 (FR), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0192266 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. B64F 5/00 (2017.01); B23B 47/28 (2006.01); B64C 1/06 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/061 (2013.01) [B23B 47/287 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F16B 5/0004 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flexible corner fitting configured to contribute to a connection between at least three walls of at least one aircraft box structure, comprising:
at least three fixing plates, and
at least three edge corners made of a flexible material,
each of the at least three fixing plates having an outer surface configured to be fixed respectively to a wall of the box structure,
each of the at least three fixing plates being connected to each of the other at least three fixing plates by one of the edge corners made of the flexible material,
wherein the at least three fixing plates are manufactured from a stiffer material than the flexible material of the at least three edge corners, enabling a movement of one of the at least three fixing plates relative to another of the at least three fixing plates.