Patent ID: 8524352

Claim:
A stiffener for a structure subject to tensile and/or compressive and/or shearing stresses, the stiffener having a λ-shaped section that includes: a contact area configured to connect the stiffener to the structure, the contact area comprising a first surface area and a second, spaced apart, surface area, both surface areas lying in the same plane; the first and second surface areas of the contact area respectively having a first and a second leg extending therefrom, which legs come together at a junction forming an overlap, the first leg being a long leg and the second leg being a short leg, and the legs and the plane in which the first and second surface areas lie defining a closed cross section, and a core extending perpendicular to the plane in which the contact area lies, giving the stiffener a supporting surface for mounting an element; the core being made up of one of the two legs.