Facing arrangement and aircraft or spacecraft
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsHeinz-Peter Busch, Berend Schoke
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Abstract
A facing arrangement for a hold of an aircraft or spacecraft. The facing arrangement comprises a first and a second panel which form a gap between them; a first mounting part which is to be attached to a primary structure of the hold and which has at least one locking arrangement, and a second mounting part which has at least one counter locking arrangement. The locking arrangement and/or the counter locking arrangement passing, at least in portions, through the gap between the first and the second panel. The locking arrangement and the counter locking arrangement being locked together in order to connect the first mounting part to the second mounting part for holding the first and second panels between the first mounting part and the second mounting part.
Claims19
A facing arrangement for a hold of an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising:
- a first and a second panel which form a gap between an outer edge of each panel;
- a first mounting part which is attachable to a primary structure of the hold and which has a plurality of locking elements;
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- a second mounting part which has a plurality of counter locking elements;
- wherein at least one of the locking elements and the counter locking elements reaches, at least in portions, through the gap between the first and the second panel;
- wherein the locking elements and the counter locking elements are locked together in order to connect the first mounting part to the second mounting part for holding the first and second panels between the first mounting part and the second mounting part;
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- wherein the plurality of locking elements and counter locking elements are detachably lockable and can be detached altogether with one movement of the first mounting part relative to the second mounting part in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the outer edges of the first and second panels, and
- wherein the first and second mounting parts each comprise a securing element, wherein when the first and second mounting parts are moved to a locked position, the securing elements of the first and second mounting parts are aligned in the longitudinal direction, and receive a fastening element to thereby prevent the first and second mounting parts from unlocking from each other.
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