IP Library Granted Patent US 7,485,808
Granted Patent B2
US 7,485,808 · App. 11/412,533 · Granted Feb 3, 2009

Holder for attaching electrical line bundles and pipes etc. to carriers and boards

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Patent No.
US 7,485,808
App. No.
11/412,533
Granted
Feb 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a holding device for moveably accommodating a line. Furthermore, the invention relates to an aircraft that comprises a multitude of such holding devices. Finally, the invention relates to a multitude of holding devices according to the invention for section-by-section line routing in an aircraft. The holding device according to the invention, for movably accommodating at least one line, comprises a guide body that can be attached to an attachment surface in an aircraft, as well as a slide body that is designed to envelope at least one line in the region of the guide body. To prevent any tensile stress or abrasion in or on the line from arising when the attachment surface moves, the slide body is movably held in the guide body in such a way that the slide body compensates for any movement.

Claims (34)

1. A holding device attachable to an attachment surface and configured to movably accommodate at least one line, the holding device comprising:

a guide body configured to be attached to the attachment surface; and

a slide body configured to envelope the at least one line in a region of the guide body, and to be movably mounted in the guide body such that the guide body compensates a translatory movement in a longitudinal direction of the at least one line, in at least one direction transverse to the longitudinal direction and a rotational movement of the at least one line relative to the guide body.

2. The holding device of claim 1 ,

wherein the guide body comprises a through hole through which the slide body extends, the through hole configured to delimit a freedom of movement of the slide body in a second direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.

3. The holding device of claim 2 ,

wherein the guide body comprises a mounting plate configured to be attached to the attachment surface and a clamp positioned and configured to interact with the mounting plate such that the through hole of the guide body is formed.

4. The holding device of claim 1 ,

wherein the slide body is of tubular shape.

5. The holding device of claim 1 ,

wherein the slide body is delimited by a front limit stop and a rear limit stop that delimit a freedom of movement of the slide body in a longitudinal direction.

6. The holding device of claim 5 ,

wherein the slide body comprises a wall having a plurality of openings.

7. The holding device of claim 6 ,

wherein the openings are arranged between two thick parts of the slide body that form the limit stops.

8. An aircraft with at least one line attached by means of a plurality of holding devices of claim 1 to attachment surfaces in the aircraft so as to guide the at least one line, at least in sections, through the aircraft.

9. A method of securing the at least one line to the attachment surface of an aircraft by use of the holding device as claimed in claim 1 .

10. A holding device attachable to an attachment surface and configured to movably accommodate at least one line, the holding device comprising:

a guide body configured to be attached to the attachment surface; and

a slide body configured to envelope the at least one line in a region of the guide body, and to be movably mounted in the guide body such that the guide body compensates a movement of the at least one line relative to the guide body,

wherein the guide body comprises a through hole through which the slide body extends, the through hole configured to delimit a freedom of movement of the slide body in a direction transverse to a longitudinal direction of the slide body,

wherein the guide body comprises a mounting plate configured to be attached to the attachment surface and a clamp positioned and configured to interact with the mounting plate such that the through hole of the guide body is formed,

wherein the clamp comprises a first end and a second end, the first end of the clamp hingeably connected to the mounting plate by way of a hinge, and the second end of the clamp configured to lock to the mounting plate.

11. The holding device of claim 10 ,

wherein the hinge comprises a single part, several parts and/or a positive-locking hinge.

12. A holding device attachable to an attachment surface and configured to movably accommodate at least one line, the holding device comprising:

a guide body configured to be attached to the attachment surface; and

a slide body configured to envelope the at least one line in a region of the guide body, and to be movably mounted in the guide body such that the guide body compensates a movement of the at least one line relative to the guide body,

wherein the slide body is delimited by a front limit stop and a rear limit stop that delimit a freedom of movement of the slide body in a longitudinal direction of the slide body,

wherein the slide body comprises two partial shells clamp onto a line.

13. The holding device of claim 12 ,

wherein the two partial shells are interlockable.

14. The holding device of claim 13 ,

wherein the two partial shells are interconnected separately or by way of a film hinge.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2011
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 026360/0849 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2006
From: GUTHKE, HANS-PETER; PAPKE, CARSTEN; ZEUNER, LUTZ; KOSIANKOWSKI, LUEDER
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 018156/0711 →