Telescopic rod for opening a mobile cowl, in particular of an aircraft engine bay

• US 6,334,730 B1
• Filed: 06/21/1999
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS (Airbus SE)
• Original Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
• Inventors: Porte, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Browne, Lynne H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Malcolm, Tomlyne A
• Application Number:
  US09/297,745
• Time in Patent Office: 925 Days
• Field of Search: 403/104, 403/109.1, 403/109.2, 403/109.3, 403/109.5, 403/109.7, 403/322.2, 403/322.3, 403/377, 403/322.1, 244/129.5, 244/53.R
• US Class Current: 403/104
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 29/08 Inspection panels for power plants
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32426 Plural distinct positions
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32467 Telescoping members
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32516 Remotely actuated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/592 Ball detent

Abstract

A bar (25) for holding open a cover (4) hinged on the nacelle enclosing an aircraft engine (7) comprises two sections (26 and 28) of unequal length, one of which is hinged (27) on the cover (4) and the other (30) on the engine (7). The mechanism for locking or unlocking the sections (26 and 28) is controlled by a handle adjacent to the cover hinge (27). The bar can therefore be controlled by the very operator who is responsible for raising the cover (4).

Claims

1. An assembly for an aircraft nacelle, the assembly comprising:

an engine;

a movable cover, the movable cover including a top edge hinged on a mast or fixed element of a nacelle, and a bottom edge of the cover further including means of locking on the nacelle or on another movable cover on the nacelle; and

a telescopic bar, the telescopic bar including mutually sliding first and second sections provided with a locking system able to be brought into an extension position, in which the movable cover is held open, wherein, one section of the telescopic bar is permanently hinged on a lug on the engine and the other section of the telescopic bar being permanently hinged on a bottom edge of the movable cover, the second section of the telescopic bar being fashioned with sliding surfaces for receiving the first section of the telescopic bar, and in that the second section comprises a single unlocking mechanism having a handle situated close to the end hinged on the bottom edge of the movable cover, the unlocking mechanism overriding the service of the locking system.

2. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first section of the telescopic bar is slidably received by the second section of the telescopic bar and the unlocking mechanism comprises a tube sliding on the second section and fixed to the handle.

3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein the handle is situated behind the movable cover, the sliding tube comprises an internal receptacle opposite the handle, the second section has at a minimum one drilling passing through at an end opposite the bottom edge of the movable cover, the first section has an external groove at an end opposite the engine, the locking mechanism comprises a spring, wherein balls are disposed between a second section and the tube, whereby moving the handle away from the movable cover, the balls disposed in the drillings project either into the receptacle or into the groove.

4. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the second section comprise a tubular member having open ends and being adapted to slidably receive the first section, the sections having unequal lengths so that the first section projects from the open end of the second section hinged at the bottom edge of the movable cover, when the movable cover is articulated from a closed position to an open position.

5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein the handle is situated laterally on the second section.

6. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the handle is adjacent the bottom edge of the movable cover.

7. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the locking device allows an automatic locking of the movable cover.