Sliding closing element, in particular a sliding door or a sliding window, for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, in particular of an aircraft

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10066430-B2
Application number	US-201615050530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2016
Priority date	Feb 24, 2015
Publication date	Sep 4, 2018
Grant date	Sep 4, 2018

Abstract

A sliding closing element for a sliding closing element arrangement of a vehicle, the sliding closing element arrangement comprising at least one rail that is adapted for slidably supporting the sliding closing element, the sliding closing element comprising at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly with at least one bogie support arm and at least one safety arm, the at least one bogie support arm comprising at least one bogie assembly with at least one guide roller that is adapted for rolling along the at least one rail in operation, and the at least one safety arm being adapted for retaining the at least one fail safe sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail in case of a failure of the at least one bogie support arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sliding closing arrangement comprising:
at least one rail adapted for slidably supporting a closing element;
a fail safe sliding arm assembly comprising:
a bogie support arm;
a bogie assembly having at least one guide roller for rolling along
a safety arm defined by a connector beam having a mounting plate and a safety retainer extending perpendicularly from the connector beam, the mounting plate rigidly and removably attaching to the closing element with fasteners,
a rail reception gap defined between the bogie assembly and the safety retainer, the rail reception gap receiving the at least one rail;

wherein the safety arm retains the fail safe sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail in case of a failure of the bogie support arm.

2. The sliding closing element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bogie assembly engages the at least one rail in a channel arranged on a first longitudinal side of the at least one rail.

3. The sliding closing element according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one safety arm is adapted for abutting against a second longitudinal side of the at least one rail, the second longitudinal side opposing the first longitudinal side of the at least one rail.

4. The sliding dosing element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one safety retainer and the connector beam are implemented as an integrated, one-piece component.

5. The sliding closing element according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting plate and the at least one connector beam enclose a predetermined angle being generally 90°.

6. The sliding closing element according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one bogie support arm and the at least one safety arm are interconnected by a coupling element, the coupling element being adapted to allow a rotation between the at least one bogie support arm and the at least one safety arm in case of failure of the closing element.

7. The sliding closing element according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one bogie support arm comprises at least one first connector beam and the at least one safety arm comprises at least one second connector beam, the at least one first and second connector beams being interconnected by means of the coupling element.

8. The sliding closing element according, to claim 7 , wherein the associated coupling element comprises a spacer that defines a predetermined distance between the at least one first and second connector beams.

9. The sliding closing element according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one first connector beam is provided with at least one coupling plate that is connected to the at least one second connector beam by means of the associated coupling element.

10. The sliding closing element according to claim 1 , wherein the closing element comprises at least one of a sliding door or a sliding window.

11. A vehicle comprising a sliding closing element arrangement according to claim 1 .

12. A sliding closing arrangement comprising:
a closing element slidable between closed and open positions;
least one rail adapted for slidably supporting the closing element between the closed and open positions, the at least one rail having a channel and a blocking element extending opposite the channel:
a bogie support arm attached to the closing element;
a guide roller assembly mounted to the bogie support arm adapted to roll along the channel for sliding the closing element between the closed and open positions; and
a safety arm mounted to the closing element and defined by a connector beam with a safety retainer extending from the connector beam;
wherein the safety retainer is adapted to abut the blocking element on the rail and thereby maintain operation of the guide roller assembly and sliding of the closing element along the rail in the event of failure of the bogie support arm.

13. The sliding closing arrangement of claim 12 , wherein a gap is defined between the guide roller assembly and the safety arm, wherein the blocking element on the rail extends in the gap.

14. The sliding closing arrangement of claim 12 , wherein the roller guide assembly is connected to the safety arm with a coupling element such that in case of failure of the bogie support arm, the guide roller assembly is connected to the closing element via the safety arm and the roller assembly continues to operate for sliding the closing element between the closed and open positions.

15. A sliding closing arrangement comprising:
a rail slidably supporting a closing element; and
a fail safe sliding arm assembly comprising:
a bogie support arm attached to the closing element;
a guide roller assembly rolling along the at least one rail sliding the closing element between closed and open positions; and
a safety arm rigidly attached to the closing element and having a safety retainer extending from a distal. end of the safety arm,

wherein in the event of a failure of the bogie support arm, the safety retainer on the safety arm abuts the rail to retain the sliding arm assembly on the at least one rail and maintain operation of the guide roller assembly and sliding of the closing element along the rail.

16. The sliding closing arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the guide roller assembly engages the rail in a channel arranged on a first longitudinal side of the rail.

17. The sliding closing element according to claim 16 , wherein the safety retainer is adapted for abutting against a second longitudinal side of the rail opposing the first longitudinal side of the rail.

18. The sliding closing arrangement according to claim 15 , wherein the safety arm comprises at least one connector beam, the safety retainer extending from the connector beam at a generally perpendicular mounting angle.

19. The sliding closing arrangement of claim 15 , wherein a gap is defined between the guide roller assembly and the safety arm, the rail having a fold portion extending in the gap.

Assignees

• Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH

Inventors

• Joussellin Fabrice
• VAYSSIERE Aurelien

Classifications

• E05D15/0678

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title

• E05D15/28

  supported on arms movable in horizontal plane · CPC title

• E05Y2201/64

  Carriers · CPC title

• E05D15/0643

  on balls or floating rollers · CPC title

• B64C1/1438 Primary

  of the sliding type · CPC title