Patent ID: 7923096

Claim:
An impulse-absorbing structural component of an aircraft, said structural component comprising: an impulse-absorbing layer; and a covering layer applied to the impulse-absorbing layer, said covering layer being made of a carbon-fiber referenced plastics material; wherein, the impulse-absorbing layer is made of a glass-fiber reinforced plastics material, and has a higher elongation at a breaking point than the covering layer; the impulse-absorbing layer has a regular pattern of elevations and depressions, whereby upon impact of a mass on the covering layer, an intercept bag forms in the impulse-absorbing layer and dissipates kinetic energy of the mass; and viewed in the direction of the spread of the intercept bag, the structural component has an open structure beyond the impulse-absorbing layer, such that the formation of the intercept bag can take place without further interaction with the structural component.