Aircraft assembly
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsSamuel Phillips, Anthony Bryant
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Abstract
An aircraft assembly is disclosed including a rib of a wing, an aperture in the rib, and a pipe assembly extending through the aperture. The pipe assembly includes a first rigid pipe section, a second rigid pipe section and a flexible pipe section between the first and second rigid pipe sections; and a fixture arrangement that couples one of the pipe sections to the wing rib. The flexible pipe section is located at a plane of the rib and configured to allow relative movement between the first rigid pipe section and the second rigid pipe section.
Claims19
An aircraft assembly comprising:
- a rib of a wing;
- an aperture in the rib;
- a pipe assembly extending through the aperture, the pipe assembly comprising a first rigid pipe section, a second rigid pipe section and a flexible pipe section between the first and second rigid pipe sections;
- wherein the flexible pipe section comprises a bellows pipe;
- and,
- a fixture arrangement that couples one of the pipe sections to the rib, wherein the bellows pipe is located at a plane of the rib and configured to allow relative movement between the first rigid pipe section and the second rigid pipe section.
An aircraft assembly comprising:
- an aircraft structure;
- a pipe assembly comprising a first rigid pipe section, a second rigid pipe section and a flexible pipe section extending between the first and second rigid pipe sections, wherein the flexible pipe section is configured to allow relative movement between the first rigid pipe section and the second rigid pipe section;
- a fixture arrangement that couples the first rigid pipe section to the aircraft structure, the fixture arrangement comprising a spherical bearing surface which allows rotation of the first rigid pipe section relative to the aircraft structure;
- wherein the fixture arrangement comprises a ball-and-socket joint;
- and,
- wherein the flexible pipe section is inside the ball-and-socket joint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.