Patent ID: 7124982

Claim:
A device for bracing a shell surface in an aircraft fuselage against deformations and comprising a continuous profile that is arranged so as, after conformation, to be mounted against the shell surface, said device comprising: at least one base surface that is arranged so as to lie against the shell surface; at least one upper part parallel to said at least one base surface, said at least one upper part having a substantially rectangular cross-section; and said at least one perpendicular intermediate part connecting the base surface and at least one upper part, wherein the profile has notches along at least a portion of the length of the profile spaced at a regular distance from each other, which notches extend at least through the at least one base surface and through the entirety of the at least one intermediate part, and wherein the notches are delimited upwardly by said at the least one upper part, which at least one upper part is not encompassed by said notches.