US 12,434,810 B2
Sealing device for covering an aperture in a wing part
Bernhard Schlipf, Hamburg (DE); Dennis Krey, Hamburg (DE); and Atra Surya Gemilang, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed by Airbus Operations GmbH, Hamburg (DE)
Filed on Jun. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,947.
Claims priority of application No. 22179330 (EP), filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0406480 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B64C 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 9/02 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing device for covering an aperture in a wing part of an aircraft, the sealing device comprising:
a cover plate for covering at least a part of an aperture, the cover plate having an outer surface delimited by a cover plate edge, and
at least one holding device coupled with the cover plate,
wherein the at least one holding device comprises a resilient element,
wherein the at least one holding device is configured to resiliently hold the cover plate at a distance to an actuation element, wherein the distance is variable in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the outer surface,
wherein the at least one holding device is configured to hold the cover plate in a substantially fixed spatial alignment in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
wherein the resilient element is designed for urging the cover plate towards the actuation element in a mounted state of the sealing device,
wherein the at least one holding device comprises a guide element with a first end and an opposite second end,
wherein the first end is attached to the cover plate,
wherein the resilient element is arranged on the guide element and contacts a shoulder arranged on the second end,
wherein the guide element comprises a retainer at a distance to both the first end and the second end, and
wherein the retainer radially protrudes from the guide element.