US 12,424,832 B2
Aircraft cable tray with piston
Jay Nicholas, Llantrissant (GB); and Streeghosh Vinayan Sudha, Kerala (IN)
Assigned to LATELEC, Toulouse (FR)
Appl. No. 18/549,036
Filed by LATELEC, Toulouse (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/055458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 5, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/189262, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. FR2102241 (FR), filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0170935 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 3/04 (2006.01); H02G 3/32 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/0437 (2013.01) [H02G 3/32 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft cable tray comprising:
a profile section (1) which comprises two lateral walls (27,28) running parallel to a retention lateral plane, each one of the lateral wall (27,28) having an external face and an internal face, the profile section (1) delimiting at least one cable guiding channel (2,3) running parallel to the retention lateral plane, the aircraft cable tray comprises:
a lateral lip (24) projecting from the external face of one lateral wall (24,28) of the profile section (1), the lateral lip (24) comprising: a fixing through-orifice (23); an upper bearing surface (25) juxtaposed with the fixing through-orifice (23); a lower bearing surface (26) juxtaposed with the fixing through-orifice (23);
a cable retention device (4) comprising: a base (7) equipped with a leg (8) inserted into the fixing through-orifice (23) and comprising stop surfaces (18,20) positioned against the lower bearing surface (26) and against the upper bearing surface (25); a piston (12) comprising a rod (10) immobilized with respect to the base (7), the rod (10) being equipped at one of its ends with a foot (11) positioned in the cable guide channel (2,3).