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US 2015/0028638 A1Published application
Aircraft seal
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsEric D. Nestel, Thomas Livengood, Billy Simpson
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Abstract
The invention is a seal assembly, including a polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) film bonded to a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) substrate and attached to a plastic retainer element for being mounted to an aircraft passenger fixture by mounting holes formed in the retainer element through which fasteners extend into the seat. The seal is sufficiently flexible to bend into an inner sidewall of an aircraft cabin and to seal a space between the aircraft cabin fixture and the inner sidewall.
Claims20
An aircraft seal assembly comprising:
- a. a retainer having a plurality of mounting elements for being mounted to an aircraft cabin fixture;
- b. an elongate seal bonded to the retainer and comprising a flexible film bonded to a flexible substrate;
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- c. wherein the elongate seal is sufficiently flexible to bend into an inner sidewall of an aircraft cabin and to seal a space between the aircraft cabin fixture and the inner sidewall.
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An aircraft seal assembly comprising:
- a. a plastic retainer having a plurality of holes through which a plurality of fasteners pass for being mounted to an aircraft cabin fixture;
- b. an elongate seal bonded with an epoxy bonding material to the plastic retainer and comprising a polyvinyl fluoride film bonded with a contact adhesive to a polyvinylidene fluoride substrate;
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- c. wherein the elongate seal comprises a generally planar shape when not in contact with an inner sidewall of an aircraft cabin and is sufficiently flexible to bend into the inner sidewall of the aircraft cabin and to seal a space between the aircraft cabin fixture and the inner sidewall.
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An aircraft seal assembly comprising:
- a. a plastic retainer having a pair of overlapping reciprocal retainer elements, bonded to each other with an epoxy bonding material, and a plurality of holes through which a plurality of fasteners pass for being mounted to an aircraft cabin fixture;
- b. an elongate seal having a rounded V shaped bonded with an epoxy bonding material at each terminus of the rounded V shape to the plastic retainer and comprising a polyvinyl fluoride film bonded with a contact adhesive to a polyvinylidene fluoride substrate;
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- c. wherein the elongate seal is sufficiently flexible to bend into the inner sidewall of the aircraft cabin and to seal a space between the aircraft cabin fixture and the inner sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.