Patent ID: 8596578
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: B64C

Abstract:
1. A pressure bulkhead for a fuselage of an aircraft configured for bounding a fuselage interior relative to an external environment, the pressure bulkhead comprising: a flat skin configured to span a cross-section of the fuselage and including a cavity disposed at a core region of the skin, the core region being radially bounded by a ring element; a plurality of radial stiffeners extending on the skin and providing stabilization of the skin, each radial stiffener being fixed at an end to the ring element; and at least one reinforcement element extending over the ring element, wherein the at least one reinforcement element forms a surface element and the cavity is bounded in an axial direction by a skin section and by the at least one reinforcement element, and wherein the at least one reinforcement element includes fingers that engage the radial stiffeners.