Removable closure member for a female portion received in an external opening of an aircraft engine nacelle
AssigneeSafran Nacelles
InventorsOlivier Meriel, Vivien Lucienne
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Abstract
A removable closure member is configured to close a female portion received in an external opening formed in the external surface of a nacelle for an aircraft engine. The female portion includes at least one air inlet opening. The closure member includes a base that forms the external contour of the member and that extends beyond the external opening of the nacelle so as to move into abutment against the external surface of the nacelle. The closure member further includes at least one resiliently deformable position retention member that projects from the base and is configured to be inserted into the air inlet opening.
Claims15
A removable closure member configured to close a female portion received in an external opening made in an external surface of a nacelle for an aircraft engine, said female portion comprising at least one opening that opens into the nacelle, said closure member comprising:
- a base forming an external contour of said member and configured to extend beyond the external opening of the nacelle so as to move into abutment against the external surface of said nacelle;
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- at least one resiliently deformable position retention member that projects from the base and is configured to be inserted into the opening of the female portion,
- wherein said position retention member comprises a stud comprising a lip that projects from the free end of the stud and extends toward a rigid portion of the female portion, said lip being deformable by contact with said rigid portion and configured to snap behind said rigid portion in the corresponding opening of the female portion so as to retain the closure member in position,
- wherein said stud is configured to cooperate with a ventilation grid or a scoop that is mounted in the female portion and that defines said opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.