Patent ID: 11945599
Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vertical stabilizer for an aircraft, the vertical stabilizer comprising:
a torsion box comprising:
a plurality of spars and/or ribs, each spar and/or rib of the plurality of spars and/or ribs extending towards a tip of the vertical stabilizer, transverse to a chord direction of the vertical stabilizer;
at least two skin portions for enveloping the spars and/or ribs; and
a plurality of inner cells that each extend towards the tip of the vertical stabilizer, wherein each inner cell of the plurality of inner cells:
is between laterally adjacent spars and/or ribs of the plurality of spars and/or ribs;
is spaced apart from other inner cells of the plurality of inner cells in the chord direction of the vertical stabilizer; and
comprises:
retaining elements;
a gas tank with a gas tank shell, the gas tank comprising fastening elements;
wherein the fastening elements are coupled to the retaining elements in a corresponding inner cell of the plurality of inner cells in which the gas tank is located to hold the gas tank such that:
 the gas tank shell is supported at a distance from the at least two skin portions and the laterally adjacent spars and/or ribs between which the gas tank shell is located; and
 the gas tank shell is supported in three spatial directions;

wherein the plurality of inner cells are formed in the torsion box.