Cable way for aircraft with a structure made of composite material
AssigneeLabinal
InventorsArnaud Camille Ayme, Serge Thierry Roques
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Abstract
A retention device, in the form of a trunking with a substantially U-shaped section, for retaining at least one cable running along the structure of an aircraft, fastened to said structure by a fastening device and providing an electrical continuity over the whole of its length is disclosed. The device is electrically connected to a current-return circuit from the items of equipment of the aircraft. The trunking includes at least one curve on its longitudinal axis corresponding substantially to that of a frame of a fuselage. It is intended to be mounted on a frame of an aircraft made of carbon fibers and to protect the skin of the aircraft against a possible contact with a damaged cable.
Claims13
A cable retention device arranged to receive at least one cable, comprising:
- a trunking extending along a longitudinal axis comprising at least one curve, said trunking including a metal portion ensuring an electrical continuity over an entire length thereof, and presenting a U-shaped cross section with first and second side walls and a bottom wall connecting said first and second side walls;
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- a retaining stopper which cooperates with said trunking to hold said cable against said bottom wall of said trunking such that said cable is sandwiched between said bottom wall of said trunking and said stopper,
- wherein a value of said curve of said trunking corresponds substantially to a curvature of frames of a fuselage of an aircraft, a radius of said curve being greater than one meter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.