Assistance device for operating a cowl and a nacelle for turbojet engine equipped therewith

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016101871-A1
Application number	US-201514974352-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 18, 2015
Priority date	Jul 1, 2013
Publication date	Apr 14, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An assistance device is provided to maneuver of a cover of a nacelle of a turbojet engine. The assistance device includes a joint collinear with an existing joint or hinge for a fitting of the cover, and the joint of the device is rigidly secured to an angled part of which one end bears on the fitting of the cover and of which one point is hinged to a compression spring in order to apply assistance momentum to the fitting of the cover when the cover is raised.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An assistance device for operating a cowl of a hinged turbojet engine nacelle by means of at least one fitting, said assistance device comprising:
at least one elbow piece mounted on a hinge coaxial to a hinge of said at least one fitting and having an end bearing on said at least one fitting, and a compression spring applied on said at least one elbow piece to exert an assistance momentum on said at least one fitting of the cowl when the cowl is lifted.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the application of the compression spring on said at least one elbow piece includes a hinge of said at least one elbow piece whose one end carries a bearing piece on said at least one fitting of the cowl to be assisted.

3 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the compression spring is applied on a lever which includes a bearing piece on an inner surface of a support of the cowl as a pylon of the turbojet engine nacelle.

4 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the device is U-shaped, and the lever includes a couple of parallel bars and said at least one elbow piece includes two parallel portions.

5 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the compression spring includes at least one spring selected from at least one of gas spring or a helical spring.

6 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the device includes two springs disposed between U-shaped parallel portions of said at least one elbow piece and parallel bars of a lever.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein a hinge collinear to an existing hinge or a butt hinge for a fitting of the cowl includes a common shaft together with the hinge of said at least one fitting on which is applied the assistance momentum of the compression spring.

8 . A nacelle for a turbojet engine, the nacelle being of the type including at least one hinged cowl on a support, wherein the nacelle includes at least one device for assisting the lifting of the cowl according to claim 1 , on at least one hinge of a plurality of hinges of said at least one hinged cowl.

Assignees

• Aircelle Sa

Inventors

• Boileau Patrick
• Blondeau Samuel

Classifications

• E05F3/18

  with counteracting springs (double-acting springs E05F1/14) · CPC title

• E05F3/20

  in hinges · CPC title

• F05D2220/323

  for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines · CPC title

• F01D25/24

  Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) · CPC title

• B64D29/06 Primary

  Attaching of nacelles, fairings or cowlings · CPC title