Assembly for an aircraft, the assembly including a pylon and a tank containing an extinguisher fluid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11547884-B2
Application number	US-202017123444-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2020
Priority date	Dec 18, 2019
Publication date	Jan 10, 2023
Grant date	Jan 10, 2023

Abstract

An assembly for an aircraft, the assembly including a pylon with a lateral wall pierced by a window, a tank with a neck blocked by a film and carrying a first anchoring arrangement, and a fixing arrangement for fixing at least a part of the tank bearing the neck inside the pylon, a discharge pipe, and a discharge head. The head includes an explosive cartridge and a hole with a second anchoring arrangement in which discharges the discharge pipe. The discharge head is fixed inside the pylon facing the window. The explosive cartridge is designed to generate in the hole a shockwave sufficient to rupture the film. An assembly of this kind enables simple and rapid removal of the tank from and installation thereof inside the pylon.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for an aircraft, said assembly including:
a pylon including a lateral wall pierced by a window,
a tank including a neck blocked by a film and carrying a first anchoring arrangement, and a fixing arrangement to fix at least a part of the tank bearing the neck inside the pylon,
a discharge pipe, and
a discharge head including an explosive cartridge and a hole, an axis of the hole being parallel to a direction of introduction of the tank into the window,
the discharge pipe in communication with the hole,
the discharge head carrying, around the hole, a second anchoring arrangement,
the discharge head being fixed inside the pylon such that the hole faces the window,
in a position of use, the first anchoring arrangement and the second anchoring arrangement cooperate to fit the neck into the hole, and
the explosive cartridge being configured, when it is activated, to generate in the hole a shockwave sufficient to rupture the film.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the assembly includes rails fixed inside the pylon, extending parallel to the direction of introduction and disposed in line with a lower edge of the window, and
wherein the tank includes a disk portion coaxial with the neck and an exterior edge of the disk portion being placed on the rails.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 ,
wherein the assembly includes a flange fastened to the tank,
wherein the axis of the flange is parallel to the direction of introduction, and
wherein the flange is disposed on the opposite side to the neck such that when the tank is in the operating position, the flange is pressed against the lateral wall and blocks the window.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the tank is formed as an elongate ellipsoid with a first half axis, a second half axis, and a third half axes, where a dimension of the tank along the first half-axis is different from a dimension of the tank along at least one of the second half axis and the third half axis, where one of the first half axis, the second half axis, and the third half axis comprises a half-major axis that extends parallel to the direction of introduction.

5. An aircraft including an assembly according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Cayssials Julien
• Geliot Jean
• Soulie Adeline

Classifications

• A62C35/08

  Containers destroyed or opened by bursting charge · CPC title

• B64D45/00

  Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A62C3/08

  in aircraft {(A62C3/0207 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F02C7/25 Primary

  Fire protection or prevention (in general A62) · CPC title

• B64D29/02

  associated with wings · CPC title