Adjustable spacer for holding supply lines
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorLauritz Petersen
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Abstract
An extendable holding device including a supply line holding unit, a fastener and an adaptable spacer. The supply line holding unit includes an at least partly enclosed holding opening for holding a supply line. The fastener is configured to mount the supply line holding unit to a support structure. The adaptable spacer is configured to be arranged between the supply line holding unit and the support structure to which the holding device is to be mounted. The adaptable spacer is extendable in a longitudinal direction of the fastener and is temporarily lockable at least at a first and a second predetermined length.
Claims16
An extendable holding device for a supply line in an aircraft, the holding device comprising:
- a supply line holding unit;
- a fastener;
- and
- an adaptable spacer;
- wherein the supply line holding unit comprises an at least partly enclosed holding opening for holding a supply line;
- wherein the fastener is configured to mount the supply line holding unit to a support structure;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is configured to be arranged between the supply line holding unit and the support structure to which the holding device is to be mounted;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable in a longitudinal direction of the fastener and is temporarily lockable at least at a first and a second predetermined length;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable by a first spacer member and a second spacer member;
- and
- wherein the fastener extends through each of supply line holding unit, the first spacer member, and the second spacer member.
A method for providing an extendable holding device for a supply line in an aircraft, comprising the following steps:
- providing a supply line holding unit;
- providing a fastener;
- and
- providing an adaptable spacer;
- wherein the supply line holding unit comprises an at least partly enclosed holding opening for holding a supply line;
- wherein the fastener is configured to mount the supply line holding unit to a support structure;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is configured to be arranged between the supply line holding unit and the support structure to which the holding device is to be mounted;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable in a longitudinal direction of the fastener and is temporarily lockable at least at a first and a second predetermined length;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable by a first spacer member and a second spacer member;
- and
- wherein the fastener extends through each of the supply line holding unit, the first spacer member, and the second spacer member.
An extendable holding device for a supply line in an aircraft, the holding device comprising:
- a supply line holding unit;
- a fastener;
- and
- an adaptable spacer;
- wherein the supply line holding unit comprises an at least partly enclosed holding opening for holding a supply line;
- wherein the fastener is configured to mount the supply line holding unit to a support structure;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is configured to be arranged between the supply line holding unit and the support structure to which the holding device is to be mounted;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable in a longitudinal direction of the fastener and is temporarily lockable at least at a first and a second predetermined length;
- wherein the adaptable spacer is extendable by a first spacer member and a second spacer member;
- wherein the first spacer member is lockable at the second spacer member at least at the first and the second predetermined length;
- wherein the first and the at least second spacer member have a disengaged state between at least the first and the second predetermined length and are continuously shiftable in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other;
- wherein at least one of the first spacer member and the at least second spacer member comprises locking elements for locking the adaptable spacer at least at the first and the second predetermined length;
- wherein at least a part of the adaptable spacer encloses the fastener;
- and
- wherein the locking elements are configured to be secured by the fastener to prevent disengagement of the locking of the first and the second spacer member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.