Fitting for the transport of an industrial part
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.
InventorsAntonio DE JULIAN AGUADO, José Luis LOZANO GARCÍA
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Abstract
A fitting for transporting an industrial part, the fitting including: a first fitting member comprising a first surface, and a second fitting member including a second surface, wherein the first surface of the first fitting member includes a protuberance and the second surface of the second fitting member includes a recess, wherein the protuberance and the recess are configured such that the protuberance is insertable in the recess when the protuberance is inserted along the recess the first fitting member and the second fitting member are slidable one on another along at least a first direction.
Claims19
A fitting assembly for transporting an industrial part, the fitting assembly comprising:
- a first fitting member comprising a first surface,
- a second fitting member comprising a second surface,
- wherein the first surface of the first fitting member comprises a protuberance, and the second surface of the second fitting member comprises a recess,
- wherein the protuberance and the recess are configured such that the protuberance is insertable in the recess and such that when the protuberance is inserted in the recess, the first fitting member and the second fitting member are slidable with respect to each other along at least a first direction (X).
An industrial part comprising:
- an internal seal,
- a fitting assembly including a first fitting member with a first surface, and a second fitting member with a second surface, wherein the first surface includes a protuberance and the second surface includes a recess configured to receive the protuberance such that when the protuberance is inserted in the recess, the first fitting member and the second fitting member are slidable with respect to each other along at least a first direction (X);
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- a supporting element,
- wherein the supporting element is positioned between the internal seal of the industrial part and the first fitting member of the fitting assembly, and wherein the first fitting member of the fitting assembly is fixed to the supporting element.
An assembly comprising:
- an aerodynamic component of an aircraft having a compartment configured to be liquid filled, an internal sealing structure having an inner surface forming a wall of the compartment, and a supporting element having a first surface abutting the internal sealing structure and an second surface opposite to the first surface;
- a first fitting member mounted to the support element and including a covered surface abutting the second surface of the support element, and an exposed surface including a protuberance, wherein the protuberance has a dovetail cross sectional shape and the cross sectional shape is constant along a length of the protuberance;
- a second fitting member including a recessed groove in an exposed surface, wherein the recessed groove has a cross sectional shape conforming to the dovetail cross sectional shape of the protuberance, the recessed groove is open on at least one end to receive the protuberance along a first direction, and the exposed surface of the second fitting abuts the exposed surface of the first fitting member while the protuberance is in the recessed groove;
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- an attachment structure fixed to the second fitting member, wherein the attachment structure is configured to attach to a lifting device such that the first and second fitting members and the aerodynamic component are lifted in a second direction, perpendicular to the first, by the lifting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.