Patent ID: 8328138
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,B32B,B64C,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A supporting strut for supporting an intermediate deck that is arranged in an aircraft fuselage, comprising a hollow cylindrical rod body that comprises a fibre reinforced material, wherein the two ends of said rod body are designed as attachment sections for detachable attachment to the aircraft fuselage or to the intermediate deck, characterised in that the rod body comprises at least one first reinforcement layer made from a carbon fibre fabric with an identical number of warp- and well threads in 45° alignment or 90° alignment as well as at least one second reinforcement layer made from a carbon fibre fabric comprising a higher number of warp threads than well threads in 0° alignment of the warp threads, which together with artificial resin form a compact fibre reinforced material, and an exterior reinforcement layer made of a glass fibre fabric provided as a visual damage indicator of the rod body.