Expandable cableway for aircraft with a structure made of composite material
AssigneeLabinal
InventorsArnaud Camille Ayme, Serge Thierry Roques
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Abstract
Device for holding the cables of an aircraft onto the structure of the said aircraft, the said device having substantially the shape of a first trunking element, forming a basic trunking element, comprising means for coupling to the aircraft structure that are positioned on the side of its bottom and arranged to receive at least one cable running along the structure of the said aircraft and to provide an electrical continuity over the whole of its length, characterized in that the said basic trunking element comprises first attachment means capable of interacting with corresponding attachment means of a second trunking element, forming a lateral extension trunking element.
Claims11
A device for holding cables of an aircraft onto a structure of the aircraft, comprising:
- a basic trunking element including
- a first bottom,
- means for coupling the basic trunking element to the aircraft structure, the means for coupling being positioned on a first side of the first bottom of the basic trunking element, and
- first attachment means for interacting with corresponding attachment means of a lateral extension trunking element,
- wherein the basic trunking element is arranged to receive at least one cable running along the structure of the aircraft and to provide an electrical continuity over a whole length of the device,
- wherein the lateral extension trunking element includes a second bottom,
- wherein an external edge of the first bottom faces an external edge of the second bottom, and
- wherein the second bottom is free from overlap with the basic trunking element.
A method for extending a capacity of a device for holding cables of an aircraft to a structure of the aircraft, the device having a basic trunking element, including
- a first bottom, and
- means for coupling the basic trunking element to the structure of the aircraft, the means for coupling being positioned on a first side of the first bottom;
- and
- a lateral extension trunking element including a second bottom,
- wherein the basic trunking element is arranged to receive at least one cable running along the structure of the aircraft and to provide an electrical continuity over a whole length of the device, the method comprising:
- aligning an external edge of the first bottom with an external edge of the second bottom;
- and
- attaching the lateral extension trunking element to the basic trunking element, such that the lateral extension trunking element is parallel to the basic trunking element and the second bottom is free from overlap with the basic trunking element.
A device for holding cables onto a structure of an aircraft, comprising:
- a basic trunking element including
- a first bottom,
- a first wall attached to and extending away from a first side of the first bottom,
- a second wall attached to and extending away from the first side of the first bottom, the second wall spaced apart from the first wall by a first distance, and
- an attachment lug disposed on a second side of the first bottom, wherein the first side of the first bottom is opposite the second side of the first bottom;
- and
- a lateral extension trunking element including
- a second bottom,
- a third wall attached to and extending away from a first side of the second bottom, and
- an attachment pin disposed on a second side of the second bottom, wherein the first side of the second bottom is opposite the second side of the second bottom,
- wherein the attachment lug cooperates with the attachment pin to attach the lateral extension trunking element to the basic trunking element,
- wherein the first wall, the second wall, and the first bottom define a first concavity configured to receive a first cable running along the structure of the aircraft,
- wherein the second bottom, the third wall, and the first wall define a second concavity configured to receive a second cable running along the structure of the aircraft,
- wherein an edge of the second bottom faces an edge of the first bottom, and
- wherein the second bottom is free from overlap with the basic trunking element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.