IP Library Granted Patent US 8,590,846
Granted Patent B2
US 8,590,846 · App. 12/788,703 · Granted Nov 26, 2013

Device for laying a cable harness in an aircraft

Inventors: Hans-Peter Guthke (Buxtehude, DE); Lueder Kosiankowski (Harsefeld, DE); Martin Schnoor (Kaltenkirchen, DE); Andreas Jacobi (Hamburg, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,590,846
App. No.
12/788,703
Granted
Nov 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device for bridging a cable harness between two aircraft structure elements of an aircraft includes an elongated connecting rod having a plurality of radial snap-in holes and configured to bridge a space between the two aircraft structure elements and affix to at least one of the two aircraft structure elements. The device also includes a cable guiding element having at least one receiving section for receiving the cable harness and at least one attachment section circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod, the attachment section having a resiliently held radially directed locking pin, wherein the locking pin corresponds to one of the plurality of the radial snap-in holes so as to form a clip connection and a positive locking engagement between the at least one attachment section and the connecting rod.

Claims (22)

1. A device for bridging a cable harness between two aircraft structure elements of an aircraft, the device comprising:

an elongated connecting rod having a plurality of radial snap-in holes disposed in an outer circumferential wall of the connecting rod and configured to at least partially bridge a space between the two aircraft structure elements and to affix to at least one of the two aircraft structure elements; and

a cable guiding element having at least one receiving section for receiving the cable harness and at least one attachment section circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod, the attachment section having a locking pin disposed radially relative to the connecting rod in a resilient manner so as to snap into and form a positive locking engagement with a corresponding one of the plurality of radial snap-in holes via axial insertion of the connecting rod into the at least one attachment section,

wherein each of the plurality of snap-in holes is a radial through-hole at an end region of the rod.

2. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the eyelet section is configured to detachably attach one of the two the aircraft structure elements via a screw connection.

3. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one attachment section includes two coaxially opposite disposed attachment sections each receiving a corresponding connecting rod.

4. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one attachment section includes a resilient tongue, the locking pin being disposed on the resilient tongue.

5. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the eyelet attachment element includes an eyelet resilient tongue, the eyelet locking pin being disposed on the eyelet resilient tongue.

6. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the locking pin includes an inlet slope such that a height of the pin increases with increasing distance from an inlet of the attachment section for receiving the connecting rod.

7. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one attachment section includes a further locking pin disposed opposite the locking pin, and wherein the locking pin and the further locking pin each engage in one of the plurality of snap-in holes so as to form the clip connection.

8. The device as recited in claim 5 , wherein the eyelet resilient tongue extends along a circumference of the at least one eyelet attachment section in a recess of the eyelet attachment section and forms a U-shaped slit with the at least one eyelet attachment section.

9. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the connecting rod is tubular with a round cross section and is extruded.

10. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one receiving section includes a V-shaped section so as to ensure centering contact of the cable harness.

11. The device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the cable harness is an essentially circular bundle of individual cables.

12. The device as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one cable guiding element, the eyelet attachment element and the connecting rod each include a cast thermoplastic material.

13. A device for bridging a cable harness between two aircraft structure elements of an aircraft, the device comprising:

an elongated connecting rod having a plurality of radial snap-in holes disposed in an outer circumferential wall of the connecting rod and configured to at least partially bridge a space between the two aircraft structure elements and to affix to at least one of the two aircraft structure elements;

a cable guiding element having at least one receiving section for receiving the cable harness and at least one attachment section circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod, the attachment section having a locking pin disposed radially relative to the connecting rod in a resilient manner so as to snap into and form a positive locking engagement with a corresponding one of the plurality of radial snap-in holes via axial insertion of the connecting rod into the at least one attachment section; and

an eyelet attachment element having an eyelet section configured to attach the connecting rod to one of the two aircraft structure elements and a connecting rod attachment element circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod and having an eyelet locking pin disposed radially relative to the connecting rod in a resilient manner so as to snap into and form a further positive locking engagement with a corresponding, further one of the plurality of snap-in holes via axial insertion of the connecting rod into the at least one attachment section.

14. A device for bridging a cable harness between two aircraft structure elements of an aircraft, the device comprising:

an elongated connecting rod having a plurality of radial snap-in holes disposed in an outer circumferential wall of the connecting rod and configured to at least partially bridge a space between the two aircraft structure elements and to affix to at least one of the two aircraft structure elements; and

a cable guiding element having at least one receiving section for receiving the cable harness and at least one attachment section circumferentially surrounding the connecting rod, the attachment section including a resilient tongue, a locking pin being disposed on the resilient tongue, the locking pin being disposed radially relative to the connecting rod in a resilient manner so as to snap into and form a positive locking engagement with a corresponding one of the plurality of radial snap-in holes via axial insertion of the connecting rod into the at least one attachment section, the resilient tongue extending along a circumference of the at least one attachment section in a recess of the at least one attachment section and forming a U-shaped slit with the at least one attachment section.

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 6, 2010
From: GUTHKE, HANS-PETER; KOSIANKOWSKI, LUEDER; SCHNOOR, MARTIN; JACOBI, ANDREAS
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 024799/0780 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2009 022 796 · May 27, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61181381 · May 27, 2009
Related Publication 20100301177A1 · Dec 2, 2010