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US 8,616,516 B2Granted
Assembling device for cabin interior components
AssigneeIntertechnique
InventorsWolfgang Rittner, Rudiger Meckes, Hasso Weinmann
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mounting bracket for use in connection with a rail, for assembling cabin interior components into an aircraft.
Claims18
An assembling device for assembling cabin interior components into an aircraft, comprising:
- (a) a rail extending in a longitudinal direction, the rail defining an interior rail space having an opening slot extending in the longitudinal direction and giving access to the interior rail space, wherein the opening slot has an opening dimension that is smaller than a dimension of the interior rail space, and
- (b) a bracket, comprising
- (i) a mounting part;
- (ii) the mounting part integrally connected to a first leg,
- (iii) a second leg, integrally connected to the first leg and being relatively moveable from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position, a distance between a mounting region of the first leg and a mounting region of the second leg is compressed such that the bracket can be inserted into the opening slot of the rail, and wherein in the second position, the distance between the mounting region of the first leg and the mounting region of the second leg expands to secure the bracket within the interior rail space;
- (iv) an elastic region between the first and the second leg that provides elastic movement between the first leg and the second leg of the bracket, wherein the first and second legs are biased into the second expanded position in relation to each other to allow clipping the bracket into the rail and establishing a form-locking coupling of the bracket and the rail,
- (v) a disassembling part on the second leg, the disassembling part having a face that allows a force exerted onto the second leg to act against the biasing force and to move the first and second leg toward the first position, and
- (vi) a recess provided in the elastic region, with at least one scratch edge comprising a sharp tooth provided in the recess, wherein the at least one scratch edge contacts the rail when the bracket is clipped into the rail, the contact preventing a relative movement of the bracket in relation to the rail in the longitudinal direction, and wherein the rail has a lower hardness than the scratch edge.
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A bracket comprising:
- (a) a mounting part integrally connected to a first leg,
- (b) a second leg, integrally connected to the first leg and being relatively moveable from a first position to a second position, wherein in the first position a mounting region of the first leg is in a smaller distance to a mounting region of the second leg than in the second position,
- (c) an elastic part between the first and second leg that provides elastic movement of the first leg in relation to the second leg and wherein the two legs are biased into the second position in relation to each other to allow clipping the bracket into a rail and establishing a form-locking coupling of the bracket to such rail,
- (d) a disassembling part on the second leg, the disassembling part having a face that allows a force exerted onto the second leg to act against the biasing force and to move the first and second leg into the first direction, and
- (d) a recess provided in the elastic part and at least one scratch edge comprising A sharp tooth provided in the recess, wherein the at least one scratch edge has greater hardness than the rail and engages the rail in use when the bracket is clipped into the rail, the engagement preventing a relative movement of the bracket in relation to the rail in a longitudinal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.