IP Library Granted Patent US 8,091,832
Granted Patent B2
US 8,091,832 · App. 12/065,629 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Nacelle cowling for turbojet and nacelle comprising at least one such cowling

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Patent No.
US 8,091,832
App. No.
12/065,629
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nacelle cowling for a turbojet, characterized in that it is provided with a fixed part and a mobile part, the mobile part being adapted to slide along the fixed part, from a closed position wherein the mobile part extends in the extension of the fixed part, up to an open position wherein the mobile part is at least partly superimposed to the fixed part. For example, the fixed part is located in the upper part of the cowling, the mobile part being located in the lower part of the cowling.

Claims (10)

1. A nacelle cowling for a turbojet, wherein it is equipped with a fixed part and a moving part extending one above the other, the moving part being able to slide along the fixed part from a closed position in which the moving part runs in the continuation of the fixed part to an open position in which the moving part is at least partially superposed on the fixed part,

wherein the fixed part lies in the upper part of the cowling, the moving part lying in the lower part of the cowling, and

wherein the moving part comprises engagement means capable of engaging in guide rails that guide the sliding, it being possible for the guide rails to be fixably mounted in the nacelle.

2. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving part of the cowling slides along an internal face of the fixed part of the cowling.

3. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving part is equipped with at least one upper handle situated at the upper part of the moving part and with at least one lower handle situated in the lower part of the moving part.

4. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one upper and/or lower handle is retractable.

5. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claim 1 , wherein it comprises a locking device capable of locking the moving part of the cowling in the closed and/or open position.

6. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the locking device comprises pins situated on an internal face of the moving part of the cowling, the pins being intended to be inserted in orifices made on fixed members of the nacelle.

7. The nacelle cowling as claimed in claims 5 , wherein the locking device is actuated by at least one handle situated on the moving part of the cowling.

8. A turbojet nacelle equipped with at least one cowling as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded May 18, 2011
From: AIRBUS FRANCE
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
Reel/Frame 026298/0269 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2008
From: MARCHE, HERVE
To: AIRBUS FRANCE
Reel/Frame 021233/0070 →