Wheel bar and a wheel specially adapted therefor
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a bar for an aircraft wheel, the bar comprising an oblong body ( 2 ) extended at each end by respective endpieces ( 4, 5 ) extending parallel to the body and parallel to each other, the endpieces being offset relative to each other. The invention also relates to a wheel specially adapted to receive such a bar.
1. A bar for an aircraft wheel, the bar comprising an oblong body ( 2 ) extending along a longitudinal axis and being terminated by first and second endpieces ( 4 , 5 ) extending parallel to the body and parallel to each other, said endpieces being shaped to slidably penetrate into two corresponding parallel orifices ( 13 , 14 ) of the wheel;
wherein the first endpiece ( 4 ) extends in line with the longitudinal axis of body and is shaped to enable the bar to turn about the longitudinal axis when the first endpiece extends in the corresponding orifice ( 13 ),
and wherein the second endpiece ( 5 ) extends along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis but radially offset therefrom, the second endpiece, and parallel to the longitudinal axis being hollow and adapted to receive a screw that extends along the axis of the second endpiece.
2. An aircraft wheel adapted to receive a bar ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , the wheel comprising a rim ( 11 ) supported by a disk ( 12 ), the wheel having first and second orifices ( 13 , 14 ) to receive the bar endpieces, the first orifice being formed in the disk, the second orifice ( 14 ) being formed in a portion ( 15 ) of the wheel that radially projects from an inside face of the rim, so that the second orifice extends parallel to the first orifice and radially offset relative thereto.
3. A method of installing a bar on an aircraft wheel, the bar comprising an oblong body ( 2 ) extending along a longitudinal axis and being terminated by first and second endpieces ( 4 , 5 ) extending parallel to the body and parallel to each other, said endpieces being shaped to slidably penetrate into two corresponding parallel orifices ( 13 , 14 ) of the wheel, the first endpiece ( 4 ) extending in line with the longitudinal axis of the body and shaped to enable the bar to turn about the longitudinal axis, the second endpiece ( 5 ) extending along an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and radially offset therefrom, the second endpiece being hollow and adapted to receive a screw that extends along the axis of the second endpiece;
the wheel comprising a rim ( 11 ) supported by a disk ( 12 ), and having first and second orifices ( 13 , 14 ) to receive the bar endpieces, the first orifice being formed in the disk, and the second orifice being formed in a portion ( 15 ) of the wheel that radially projects from an inside face of the rim to receive the second endpiece of the bar, so that the second orifice ( 14 ) extends parallel to the first orifice and radially offset relative thereto;
the method including:
equipping the second endpiece of the bar with a screw;
engaging the first endpiece of the bar in the first orifices of the wheel;
pivoting the bar around its longitudinal axis so as to bring the second endpiece in register with the second orifice of the wheel;
axially moving the bar back so as to engage the second endpiece into the second orifice of the wheel; and
causing the screw to project beyond the second endpiece.