IP Library Granted Patent US 8,540,286
Granted Patent B2
US 8,540,286 · App. 12/309,578 · Granted Sep 24, 2013

Connection device for a moulding core for producing a fibre composite component

Inventors: Torben Jacob (Beckdorf, DE); Joachim Piepenbrock (Buxtehude, DE)
Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,540,286
App. No.
12/309,578
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Connection devices for a moulding core for producing a fibre composite component are provided. Such a connection device can include a base element for receiving a coupling portion of the moulding core for subjecting the moulding core to a medium, a clamping element for fixing and sealing the coupling portion of the moulding core on the base element, and a locking mechanism for locking the clamping element with respect to the base element and the coupling portion of the moulding core.

Claims (12)

1. A moulding core assembly, comprising:

a moulding core for producing a fibre composite component for aerospace;

a base element comprising a receiving portion for receiving the moulding core via a coupling portion of the moulding core and for subjecting the moulding core to a medium;

a clamping element for fixing and sealing the coupling portion of the moulding core to the base element;

at least one sealing element arranged between the base element and the clamping element for sealing the coupling portion of the moulding core to the base element; and

a locking mechanism for locking the clamping element and the coupling portion of the moulding core, wherein the locking mechanism has a clamping device with a clip and a lever; and

wherein the sealing element can be compressed in a sealing manner on the surface of the coupling portion of the moulding core and on the surface of the receiving portion of the base element.

2. The moulding core assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion of the base element comprises an external cross-sectional shape adapted to an internal cross-sectional shape of the coupling portion.

3. The moulding core assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping element is displaceable in the longitudinal direction on the base element.

4. The moulding core assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the clamping element is capable of being displaced by the locking mechanism into a first position, thereby releasing the coupling portion received in the receiving portion of the base element, and into a second position, thereby locking the coupling portion in the receiving portion of the base element.

5. The moulding core assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the base element comprises at least one aperture capable of subjecting the moulding core to a medium.

6. The moulding core assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the base element comprises at least one connecting mechanism capable of transmitting electrical energy from an energy source to an electrical unit of the moulding core.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 4, 2012
From: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
To: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
Reel/Frame 028157/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2009
From: JACOB, TORBEN; PIEPENBROCK, JOACHIM
To: AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
Reel/Frame 023367/0581 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 035 619 · Jul 31, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60834459 · Jul 31, 2006
Related Publication 20100028480A1 · Feb 4, 2010