Patent ID: 9494185
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: B29C,B29L,B64C,F16C,Y02T,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A support strut for use as a primary load-bearing structural component for hinged coupling of at least one additional primary load-bearing structural component for an aircraft, wherein the support strut comprises: a rod-shaped base body extending in a longitudinal direction and comprising a fiber composite, with an end section lying at a first end of the base body and at least sectionally exhibiting an annular cross section along the longitudinal direction, which defines a first central hole originating from the first end of the base body, and with first annular holes spaced apart relative to each other in a circumferential direction of the annular cross section and originating from the first end of the base body as well as running along the longitudinal direction in the base body; first roving bundles, of which at least one lies in a respective one of the first annular holes and is imbedded in a matrix material that fills up a respective one of the first annular holes; and a first connecting part that is held at the first end of the base body at a predetermined distance from the base body by the first roving bundles, which are imbedded in the matrix material, where a first end of each first roving bundle lies in one of the first annular holes, and a second end of each first roving bundle lies in another one of the first annular holes; wherein the first roving bundles are configured to be wound around the first connecting part between the first end and the second end of each of the first roving bundles.