Patent ID: 8181909
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A bulkhead assembly adapted to be mounted in an aircraft fuselage comprising: a relatively flat bulkhead web corresponding to a cross sectional shape of the fuselage, said bulkhead web having a first surface facing a pressurized compartment and a second surface opposite the first surface; a reinforcing structure attached to the second surface of the bulkhead web, the reinforcing structure including: primary beam members each having a beam web that interconnects a first flange and a second flange, said first flange engaging the second surface of the bulkhead web; secondary beam members intersecting the primary beam members, said secondary beam members being formed of discontinuous inner secondary beam members and outer secondary beam members, each of said inner and outer secondary beam members including a beam web that interconnects a first flange and a second flange, said first flange of said inner and outer beam members engaging said bulkhead web second surface; and, a plurality of connecting elements attached to the second flanges of said inner secondary beam members and outer secondary beam members, said plurality of connecting elements comprising flat connecting strips that span across the second flange of the primary beam members to provide a continuous supplemental flange structure along the entire length of the secondary beam members.