Tank with an integral equipment support to which various equipment units are connected and method of manufacturing said tank
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorBenoît Penven
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Abstract
A tank including an enclosure including a tubular body and first and second end walls at the ends of the tubular body, a plurality of equipment units positioned in the enclosure, at least one equipment support to which the equipment units are connected positioned in the enclosure and connected to the enclosure and a method of manufacturing this tank. The equipment units are fixed to the equipment support outside the enclosure, which simplifies putting them into place and limits the risks of damage. Moreover, they are all introduced into the enclosure at the same time, which makes it possible to reduce the time to manufacture the tank.
Claims5
A tank comprising:
- an enclosure, and
- a plurality of equipment units positioned in the enclosure,
- the enclosure comprising:
- a tubular body having open first and second ends, and
- first and second end walls connected to the first and second ends,
- an equipment support to which is connected the plurality of equipment units positioned in the enclosure and connected to the enclosure,
- wherein the equipment support has a first end connected to the first end wall of the enclosure by at least one built-in first connection, the equipment support being connected in a rigid manner to the first end wall;
- wherein the equipment support has a second end connected to the second end wall of the enclosure by at least one second connection;
- and
- wherein the second connection is a sliding and pivoting connection configured to enable the equipment support to move in translation relative to the tubular body and to the second end wall in an introduction direction and to pivot relative to the tubular body and to the second end wall about an axis parallel to the direction of introduction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.