Patent ID: 8205834

Claim:
An aircraft wing support structure, comprising: a plurality of bar elements, each of the bar elements comprising a tubular element; a junction element comprising a junction joined to a framework element of the aircraft wing support structure by a flat base portion and providing a plurality of attachment elements, each of the plurality of attachment elements extending from the base portion at an angle; and a plurality of connection elements, each of the connection elements comprising a first end and a second end, the first end of each of the connection elements comprises a first connector for connecting to a respective one of the plurality of bar elements, and the second end of the connection element comprises a second connector for overlappingly engaging with a respective one of the plurality of attachment elements of the junction element, such that a portion of the second end of each of the plurality of connection elements overlaps the respective one of the plurality of attachment elements of the junction element, such that a spatial direction of each of the plurality of connection elements is defined by the angles defined by the attachment elements and the base portion of the junction element; and the first end of each of the connection elements has a first cross-sectional shape, and the second end of the connection elements has a second cross-sectional shape, wherein the first cross-sectional shape is different from the second cross-sectional shape, the second cross-sectional shape comprising a flattened tubular shape; and the connection elements, the first end of the connection elements and the second end of the connection elements are shaped such that, when the second end of the connection elements is overlappingly joined to the respective one of the plurality of attachment elements of the junction element and to a respective one of the plurality of bar elements, a force transmitted by the connection elements is centrically transmitted between each of the bar elements and the junction element; and wherein each of the plurality of the bar elements, the junction element and each of the connection elements are separate parts, and the tubular element of each of the bar elements comprises a tubular end connected to the first end of a respective one of the connection elements.