Patent ID: 8777162

Claim:
A connecting rod for the structural reinforcement of a fuselage structure of an aircraft, the connecting rod comprising a shank and eyes arranged at shank ends on both sides for connecting the connecting rod to the fuselage structure, wherein on at least one shank end an eye can be screwed on for length compensation; and a reinforcing arrangement enclosing at least in certain regions both eyes, the shank and the shank ends, wherein the eyes are connected by the reinforcing arrangement which is formed by a multiplicity of reinforcing fibers, and both eyes have a peripheral groove with a concave cross-sectional geometry for a precise lateral guidance of the reinforcing arrangement in the region of the eyes, wherein the reinforcing arrangement is formed as a casing which encloses at least in certain regions both eyes and the shank as well as the shank ends, and wherein the casing is under mechanical prestress to be able to immediately absorb tensile loads without prior stretching to ensure an adequate mechanical load-bearing capacity of the connecting rod in an accident situation.