US 12,246,833 B2
Sealing device for covering an aperture in a wing part
Bernhard Schlipf, Hamburg (DE); and Atra Gemilang, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to AIRBUS OPERATIONS GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/204,898.
Claims priority of application No. 22176982 (EP), filed on Jun. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0391444 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 9/02 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing device for covering an aperture in a wing part of an aircraft, comprising:
an interface section for fixedly mounting the sealing device to a surface of the wing part adjacent the aperture,
a connecting section, and
a cover section for covering at least a part of the aperture,
wherein the connecting section is elastically deformable and disposed between the interface section and the cover section, and wherein the connecting section elastically connects the interface section at one end and the cover section at an opposing end,
wherein the connecting section resiliently holds the cover section in a predetermined orientation relative to the interface section covering at least a part of the aperture, and wherein the cover section comprises a contact portion for contacting a surface of an actuation element that protrudes through the aperture.