Rib for aircraft wing and methods for the manufacture thereof

Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Structural member making

Reexamination Certificate

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C029S889000, C029S897000, C244S123100, C244S123140

Reexamination Certificate

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08001690

ABSTRACT:
There is provided a method of manufacturing a rib for an aircraft wing, the method comprising providing a billet of material for forming the rib, machining away material from all sides of the billet to form a rib for use in an aircraft, the rib including a web that extends between first and second flanged portions, each flanged portion having a flange that facilitates fixing of the rib to another component of the aircraft, wherein the material that forms the web extends diagonally across the billet, the web having a first face on a first side and a second face on a second side opposite to the first side of the web, and the first flanged portion extends more to the first side of the web than to the second side and the second flanged portion extends more to the second side of the web than to the first side.

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patent: 7195203 (2007-03-01), Livingstone et al.
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patent: 2004/0035979 (2004-02-01), McCoskey et al.
patent: 157310 (1922-06-01), None
patent: 369051 (1932-03-01), None
patent: 227660 (1994-10-01), None
Prior Art Rib, View of Typical Rib, p. 1 of 1, prior to Dec. 12, 2003.

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