IP Library Granted Patent US 8,967,030
Granted Patent B2
US 8,967,030 · App. 13/813,531 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Attachment device with pyrotechnic bolt

Inventors: Thomas Kister (Vaux sur Siene, FR); Denis Wintersdorff (Aubergenville, FR); Mathieu Davion (Le Pian Medoc, FR)
Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space SAS
F42B15/38
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Patent No.
US 8,967,030
App. No.
13/813,531
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the invention, the device ( 1 ) comprises a bolt ( 6 ) including a locking member ( 9 ) which is mounted such that it can slide with respect to a first component ( 2 ) and can adopt a locked position in which the locking member ( 9 ) retains the second component ( 3 ) and an unlocked position in which the locking member ( 9 ) releases the second component ( 2 ), the transition from the locked position to the unlocked position taking place under the action of pyrotechnic means ( 5 ). In addition, a branch ( 4 ) that is at least partially deformable under the action of the pyrotechnic means ( 5 ) is arranged with respect to the bolt ( 6 ) in such a way that the transition from the locked position to the unlocked position takes place by means of the deformation of said branch ( 4 ).

Claims (24)

1. Device ( 1 ) comprising:

two parts ( 2 , 3 ) releasably attachable to one another,

a bolt ( 6 ) comprising a slider ( 9 ) adapted for fitted sliding relative to a first ( 2 ) of said parts ( 2 , 3 ) and adapted to slide between:

a locked position in which said slider ( 9 ) retains said second part ( 3 ), and

an unlocked position in which said slider ( 9 ) releases said second part ( 3 ),

a pyrotechnic expansion tube, and

a branch ( 4 ) at least partly deformable under action of pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ) and arranged relative to said bolt ( 6 ) in such a way that the transition from said locked position to said unlocked position is effected by deformation of said branch ( 4 ),

wherein the bolt ( 6 ) comprises a return spring ( 11 ) to at least a substantially loaded position, disposed at the slider ( 9 ), between the branch ( 4 ) and the first part ( 2 ), in such a way that when said branch ( 4 ) is deformed under the action of the pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ), said slider ( 9 ) slides in the direction (F 1 ) of deformation of said branch ( 4 ).

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the branch ( 4 ) is deformable by pivoting at a portion ( 4 . 4 ) substantially opposite the lower end ( 5 . 1 ) of the pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ).

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the pyrotechnic means ( 5 ) comprise a pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ), in which runs a detonating fuse, said tube ( 5 ) being accommodated in a channel ( 8 ) arranged between the first part ( 2 ) and the branch ( 4 ).

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a portion ( 9 . 2 ) of the slider ( 9 ) fits slidably inside a cavity ( 2 . 6 ) arranged in the first part ( 2 ).

5. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the slider ( 9 ) is arranged, in the locked position, so as to retain a projection ( 3 . 1 ) provided on the second part ( 3 ), resting on a complementary indentation ( 2 . 3 ) formed on the first part ( 2 ).

6. Device ( 1 ) comprising:

two parts ( 2 , 3 ) releasably attachable to one another,

a bolt ( 6 ) comprising a slider ( 9 ) adapted for fitted sliding relative to a first ( 2 ) of said parts ( 2 , 3 ) and adapted to slide between:

a locked position in which said slider ( 9 ) retains said second part ( 3 ), and

an unlocked position in which said slider ( 9 ) releases said second part ( 3 ),

a pyrotechnic expansion tube, and

a branch ( 4 ) at least partly deformable under action of pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ) and arranged relative to said bolt ( 6 ) in such a way that the transition from said locked position to said unlocked position is effected by deformation of said branch ( 4 ),

wherein the bolt ( 6 ) comprises a mechanical ball joint ( 12 ), attached to the branch ( 4 ) and to the end of the slider ( 9 ) furthest from the second part ( 3 ), in such a way that when said branch ( 4 ) is deformed under the action of the pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ), said slider ( 9 ) slides in the direction (Fl) of deformation of said branch ( 4 ).

7. Device according to claim 6 , wherein the branch ( 4 ) is deformable by pivoting at a portion ( 4 . 4 ) substantially opposite the lower end ( 5 . 1 ) of the pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ).

8. Device according to claim 6 , wherein the pyrotechnic means ( 5 ) comprise a pyrotechnic expansion tube ( 5 ), in which runs a detonating fuse, said tube ( 5 ) being accommodated in a channel ( 8 ) arranged between the first part ( 2 ) and the branch ( 4 ).

9. Device according to claim 6 , wherein at least a portion ( 9 . 2 ) of the slider ( 9 ) fits slidably inside a cavity ( 2 . 6 ) arranged in the first part ( 2 ).

10. Device according to claim 6 , wherein the slider ( 9 ) is arranged, in the locked position, so as to retain a projection ( 3 . 1 ) provided on the second part ( 3 ), resting on a complementary indentation ( 2 . 3 ) formed on the first part ( 2 ).

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 20, 2015
From: ASTRIUM SAS
To: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
Reel/Frame 034782/0207 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2013
From: KISTER, THOMAS; WINTERSDORFF, DENIS; DAVION, MATHIEU
To: ASTRIUM SAS
Reel/Frame 030116/0400 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 10 03329 · Aug 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130199359A1 · Aug 8, 2013