Patent ID: 11945568
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A pressure deck disposed over a main gear wheel well of an aircraft, the pressure deck comprising:
longitudinal beams extending in a forward and aft direction between an aft wheel well bulkhead and a rear spar of the aircraft a web attached to an underside of the longitudinal beams, the web including a flat web portion supported by transverse stiffeners extending in an inboard and outboard direction, and a curved web portion including arches configured to flex laterally from load in the inboard and outboard direction,
wherein a transition between a flat web portion and a curved web portion extends substantially diagonally with respect to the forward and aft direction such that a width of the flat web portion is full along the aft wheel well bulkhead and narrows toward a longitudinal center at the rear spar.