Sleeve for a wiring harness
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJames Clough, Javier Ruiz de Pablo
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Abstract
An aircraft with a folding wing tip arrangement having a wing tip device mounted at a joint at the end of a fixed wing. It is desirable to transfer power and/or data into a folding wing tip, which presents challenges such as repeated exposure to potentially harsh environmental conditions, with movement, and/or with changes in tensional loads. A wiring harness includes a plurality of conductors and is arranged to transmit electrical power and/or data to the wing tip device. A length of the harness is received in a protective sleeve, and the sleeve extends over a length of the wiring harness spanning the joint, the sleeve being removable from the wiring harness.
Claims9
An aircraft comprising a wing, the wing comprising a fixed wing and a wing tip device moveably mounted at a joint at an end of the fixed wing, wherein the wing tip device is moveable about the joint between:
- (i) a flight configuration for use during flight, and (ii) a ground configuration for use during ground-based operations, wherein in the ground configuration, the wing tip device is moved relative to the fixed wing such that a span of the wing is reduced,
- wherein the aircraft comprises a wiring harness extending between the fixed wing and the wing tip device, the wiring harness comprising a plurality of conductors arranged to transmit electrical power and/or data to the wing tip device,
- wherein a length of the harness is received in a protective sleeve,
- wherein the sleeve has a first end proximal the fixed wing and a second end proximal the wing tip device such that the sleeve extends over the length of the wiring harness spanning the joint,
- wherein the sleeve comprises a first slit and a second slit,
- wherein the first slit or the second slit includes a first closure tab and a second closure tab,
- wherein the first and the second closure tabs of either the first slit or the second slit are held together by a series of releasable fasteners, and
- wherein a webbing extends between the first and the second slits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.