Telescopic strut
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsJack Blanchard, Andreas Yiasoumi
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Abstract
A telescopic strut for electrically connecting a fixed structure of an aircraft to a movable structure mounted to the fixed structure, wherein the strut is adapted to be mechanically connected to the fixed structure by its one end and to be mechanically connected to the movable structure by its opposite end, the strut comprising a plurality of telescopic elements and containing a helically coiled electrical cable, wherein the cable is adapted to move between retracted and extended positions with the telescoping of the strut. Also, a method of operating an aircraft having a movable structure mounted to a fixed structure, and one or more of the telescopic struts mechanically and electrically connected between the fixed and movable structures.
Claims27
A telescopic strut electrically connecting a fixed structure of an aircraft that is an airfoil of the aircraft to a movable structure that is a flight control surface mounted to the fixed structure, wherein the strut is mechanically connected to the fixed structure by its one end and mechanically connected to the movable structure by its opposite end, the strut comprising a plurality of telescopic elements and containing a helically coiled electrical cable for an electrical de-icing system, wherein the cable is adapted to move between retracted and extended positions with the telescoping of the strut.
A method of operating an aircraft having a movable structure that is a flight control surface mounted to a fixed structure of an aircraft that is an airfoil of the aircraft, and a telescopic strut mechanically and electrically connected between the fixed and to a movable structures, wherein the strut comprises a plurality of telescopic elements and contains at least one helically coiled electrical cable for an electrical de-icing system, the method comprising moving the movable structure between retracted and extended positions accompanied by corresponding telescoping of the strut and movement of the coiled cable between retracted and extended positions to maintain electrical connection between the fixed and movable structures.
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