EP1728735A1 - Behälter zum Transport und zur Lagerung von einem Radom - Google Patents

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EP1728735A1
EP1728735A1 EP05360021A EP05360021A EP1728735A1 EP 1728735 A1 EP1728735 A1 EP 1728735A1 EP 05360021 A EP05360021 A EP 05360021A EP 05360021 A EP05360021 A EP 05360021A EP 1728735 A1 EP1728735 A1 EP 1728735A1
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Priority to AT05360021T priority patent/ATE399726T1/de
Priority to DE602005007870T priority patent/DE602005007870D1/de
Priority to BRPI0613381-9A priority patent/BRPI0613381A2/pt
Priority to CN2006800224294A priority patent/CN101203443B/zh
Priority to PCT/FR2006/001213 priority patent/WO2006129002A1/fr
Priority to RU2007147229/12A priority patent/RU2415064C2/ru
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D88/00—Large containers
    • B65D88/02—Large containers rigid
    • B65D88/12—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport
    • B65D88/14—Large containers rigid specially adapted for transport by air

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  • the present invention relates to a container for the storage and transport of a radome, that is to say the dielectric transparent dome to radio waves forming the nose of an aircraft and intended to protect the radar antenna of the 'apparatus.
  • This radome made of Kevlar or for the most recent quartz, is relatively fragile and can be damaged in flight, due to weather and especially hail or lightning, or for example as a result of bird shocks.
  • Airplanes owning aircraft fleets have a certain number in stock, so as to be able to intervene as soon as possible in the event of incidents requiring the removal of radomes and their replacement.
  • the replacement of a damaged radome is a well-controlled operation that can in principle be done fairly quickly.
  • the manufacturer of the aircraft AIRBUS in the example which is the thread of the present description, delivers the radomes in parallelepiped boxes whose height is close to one meter fifty for sides of length a little more than two meters , a much larger volume than that of the radome proper.
  • the container must therefore meet multiple technical requirements, first and foremost a purely voluminal criterion since it must occupy only a space slightly greater than that of the radome itself, to be able to be housed in the bunkers of planes above, to be able to correctly cross the door of the said bunkers, which excludes AIRBUS A318, and finally maintain the freight as reduced as possible.
  • the container must also adapt to the shape of said bunkers and allow handling operations to dispose of it and get out without damaging the walls of bunkers or those of containers.
  • the present invention fulfills these objectives by proposing a container allowing the transport of a radome under economically favorable conditions and easy to implement, especially in the rear bunkers of aircraft of the AIRBUS A320 family, that is to say say in aircraft widely spread on the national and international medium-haul network.
  • the objective assigned to the invention is that any problem involving the sending of a radome over these distances can be simply solved using an aircraft performing usually the link with the stopover at which the damaged device is located, which considerably simplifies the routing operation for the maintenance team.
  • the walls develop in a geometry of prismatic shape that allows them on the one hand to give the assembly a certain rigidity, and on the other hand to be located near the radome to reduce clutter and improve concomitantly the level of protection.
  • the cover comprises, for at least two opposite faces, a single inclined section connecting the lower peripheral wall to the top wall.
  • the cover comprises, for two opposite faces, a single inclined section connecting the lower peripheral wall to the top wall and, for the other two faces, two sections oriented at a decreasing angle of inclination towards the top wall.
  • the volume of the radome indeed does not have an exact symmetry of revolution, but it can rather be described as a hemisphere of a slightly ovoidal volume, the base of which is moreover truncated according to an indented section to which are attached fixing arms to the plane. These arms develop in the volume of said hemisphere, and the radome can be laid flat on the base.
  • the container of the invention has a top wall also flat, best suited to the configuration of bunkers.
  • the hold is indeed separated from the floor of the passenger compartment by a thick partition whose lower face, that is to say the ceiling of the cargo hold, is flat.
  • the base of the container is provided with support pads equipping its lower face opposite to that on which the radome is based. In other words, when the container of the invention rests on the ground, it is through these support pads.
  • the elevation they provide has been planned in response to the particular geometry of the bunkers. These have, on the lower part of the side walls, inclined faces decreasing the width of the cargo compartment as one approaches the floor and, in the lower portions of these walls, the width of the compartment n ' is more sufficient to receive the base of the container (no more than the flat base of the radome).
  • They preferably consist of parallelepiped-shaped blocks distributed in two parallel rows arranged along and near two sides of the base.
  • the supports can be used as key to the installation of the container of the invention on rectangular pallets used only in the bunkers of the A320 and A321.
  • the body is loaded as it is on the floor and retained by a separating net usually placed between the different storage sections.
  • the pallets in question are those which are traditionally used for the transport and handling of luggage and parcels, which are stowed with straps / nets.
  • At least the studs arranged in the vicinity of the corners are additionally provided with fixing means to the pallet.
  • said fastening means may consist of an angle of which a panel is plated and fixed for example by screwing to the stud, the second part of course perpendicular to the preceding being oriented towards the periphery of the base, that is to say go out towards the mounting rails on the pallet.
  • the docking of the body is then done by simply clamping said brackets on their pads, leading to a corresponding clamping of the second panel in these rails disposed peripherally to the pallet.
  • This is in practice in the form of a rectangular frame surrounding the support pads, the arrangement of which is such that the corner pads fit into the corners of said frame, hence their use as keys for installation container on the pallet.
  • the base of the container of the invention has, on at least two opposite edges corresponding to the sides of the container to be oriented parallel to the axis of the hold, a chamfer oriented downwards. This is necessary so that the container does not collide with the inclined sides forming the lower contour of the bunkers, given the given height the support pads, kept minimal to preserve a few centimeters between the top wall of the lid and the ceiling of the cargo hold.
  • the slope of these chamfers corresponds to that of the lower inclined sections of the bunkers opposite which they extend.
  • the chamfered edges are coated with a protective layer made of a synthetic material with a low coefficient of friction, for example the material marketed. under the Teflon brand. This coating also avoids as much as possible to damage the bunker walls during handling of the container.
  • the radome is not simply placed on the base before being covered by the cover.
  • the container of the invention comprises setting and fixing means preventing or reducing relative movements, absorbing shocks, etc.
  • the wedging means consist of two wedges arranged tangentially at the base of the radome, the fastening means being constituted by two flanges to which are fixed the arms provided for fixing the radome to the aircraft.
  • these flanges are each constituted by two parallel homologous plates of parallel appearance connected by a parallel shaft to the base, allowing the same type of pivotal attachment between the radome and the upper part of the nose of the aircraft.
  • the wedges on the one hand, and the fixing flanges on the other hand, are respectively located in the vicinity of two opposite sides of the container and form an isosceles trapezium.
  • the shims are preferably provided in absorbent material, and they have an L-shape comprising a seat and a backrest at the joint of which the periphery of the radome is plate when the attachment arms are secured to the fixing means. These shims are oriented such that they allow, in cooperation with the fixing flanges, a horizontal blocking of the radome in all directions.
  • At least two internal faces of the lid are further coated with strips of foam-type soft and absorbent material, which absorb the potentially destructive effects of shocks applying to the radome, and cancel or reduce the possibilities of relative movements cover / radome.
  • the radome is kept inside the container of the invention so that it can not move or move relatively to the envelope that it provides. Internal shocks induced by relative displacements of one compared to the other are therefore practically not likely to occur, and external shocks are well absorbed.
  • the lid may include at least one window allowing operators to immediately see if the container of the invention has been provided with a radome at the time of packing.
  • a radome Preferably, it has two, located on two opposite inclined faces.
  • the lid is secured to the base for example by means of snap closures distributed around the perimeter of the container of the invention.
  • snap closures distributed around the perimeter of the container of the invention.
  • said locator closures are housed in notches of the base having a depth such that they do not exceed. This possibility is at least offered on the lateral sides of the containers parallel to the axis of the bunkers facing the side walls.
  • the container has two grasshopper closures per side.
  • one of the walls of the lid is provided on its outer surface with a document holder intended to contain the documents required to be able to carry out the maintenance according to the established rules, and in the absence of which there can be no radome replacement.
  • the lower vertical walls of the lid can be provided with handles. These are then provided free in rotation in a hinge mounted against the wall of the lid, so as to be pressed against this wall under the effect of their weight.
  • the cover In order to facilitate the centering and positioning of the cover on the base, it is provided with a peripheral wall along its contour and serves as a reference and support during the installation of the cover.
  • the cover is made of composite material, selected among others for its mechanical characteristics including strength and stiffness, combined with a low weight.
  • the base can for example be made of laminated wood.
  • the assembly then has a weight of the order of 210 Kg in the absence of pallet, and of the order of 252 Kg when the container is fixed on a pallet.
  • Figure 1 shows two faces of the container (1) of the invention, which is sufficient to define it since it has a double symmetry.
  • the face equipped with the porthole (2), also equipped with handling handles (3, 3 '), is oriented when it is inserted into the cargo hold in the direction of the axis of the aircraft. It consists of a vertical section (4) and a single inclined plane (5).
  • the transverse face visible in this figure is also composed of a vertical section (4 ') and two inclined flat sections (5', 5 ") with different angles of inclination: the degree of inclination of the section (5") is greater than that of the pan (5 ').
  • the container (1) is finally provided with a flat top wall (6).
  • the container (1) of the invention consists of a flat base (B) to which a cover (C) can be fixed, for example by means of locator type closures (8) arranged on the around the container (1) with two closures per side.
  • the base (B) is furthermore equipped with support studs (9) arranged in two transverse parallel rows (only one of which is visible in the figure), the wedge pads (9) of which are provided with angle pieces (10) a pallet (not shown) used in AIRBUS A320 and A321, but not in AIRBUS A319.
  • FIG. 2 clearly shows the double symmetry which characterizes the container (1) of the invention, which makes it possible in particular to facilitate the insertion of the container (1) in the hold in that two positions (at 180 ° to one another) are possible for its axial displacement.
  • one of the inclined sections (5) is equipped with a document holder (11), for example made of transparent plastic, and which contains as mentioned above the documents without which - according to the standards of aircraft safety - no change is possible.
  • This document holder (11) is preferably impermeable.
  • the depth of these notches is such that the closures (8) are embedded therein and can not damage the side walls of the aircraft bunkers and / or impede the sliding of the containers at the time of their insertion.
  • FIG. 3 shows the respective volume of the radome (R) and the cover (C).
  • the combination of FIGS. 3 and 4 shows to what extent the volume enclosed by the volume of the cover (C) is close to the external volume of the radome (R).
  • the casing of the cover (C) is nevertheless made with planar faces that provide good rigidity to the assembly while maintaining a simplified geometry and hence a reasonable manufacturing cost.
  • the inner face of the lid is covered with strips (13, 13 ') of foam-type absorbent material to prevent possible shocks between the cover (C) and the radome (R), in order to preserve the latter from any damage during his transport. Secondarily, especially in the vertical dimension, these strips (13, 13 ') can have a wedging effect, and thus prevent any relative radome (R) / container (1) displacement.
  • the base (B) is equipped with flanges (14, 14 ') provided with a horizontal shaft for fixing the articulated arms (15) (see Figure 4), according to a pivotal connection mode identical to that which is implemented when fixing the radome to the aircraft.
  • the support pads (9) are shown arranged on a pallet (P) handling. They are fixed at the level of the studs (9) wedge, by brackets (10) fixed to said pads (9) for example by butterfly screws (16).
  • This figure also shows the notches (12) provided for receiving the integral parts of the base (B) of the snap closures (8).
  • the cargo compartment comprises a floor (19) and a ceiling (20) parallel horizontal, and two walls (21, 22) vertical. The latter are connected to the ground (19) via two inclined portions (23, 24) at different angles.
  • the chamfers equipping the longitudinal edges of the container (1) of the invention extend in the immediate vicinity of the inclined faces (23), and therefore have an inclination substantially equal to that of said panels (23) to optimize the spatial compatibility of the container (1) and hold (S).
  • container configuration (1) of the invention A description of a possible example of container configuration (1) of the invention has been given above. This example is not, however, limiting of the invention, which may of course include other accessories, be made of materials other than those mentioned, undergo minor alterations of shape, etc ... without the we leave his frame.
  • the container (1) of the invention is primarily used for the cargo transport of radomes: can however also be very useful for protecting radomes in the storage phase in maintenance units.

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ES05360021T ES2309695T3 (es) 2005-05-31 2005-05-31 Contenedor para el almacenamiento de un radomo.
PT05360021T PT1728735E (pt) 2005-05-31 2005-05-31 Contentor para a armazenagem e o transporte de um radome
AT05360021T ATE399726T1 (de) 2005-05-31 2005-05-31 Behälter zum transport und zur lagerung von einem radom
DE602005007870T DE602005007870D1 (de) 2005-05-31 2005-05-31 Behälter zum Transport und zur Lagerung von einem Radom
EP05360021A EP1728735B1 (de) 2005-05-31 2005-05-31 Behälter zum Transport und zur Lagerung von einem Radom
CN2006800224294A CN101203443B (zh) 2005-05-31 2006-05-29 用于存储和运输雷达的容器
BRPI0613381-9A BRPI0613381A2 (pt) 2005-05-31 2006-05-29 container para o armazenamento e o transporte
PCT/FR2006/001213 WO2006129002A1 (fr) 2005-05-31 2006-05-29 Conteneur pour le stockage et le transport d'un radome
RU2007147229/12A RU2415064C2 (ru) 2005-05-31 2006-05-29 Контейнер для хранения и транспортировки обтекателя радиолокационной антенны
US11/442,984 US7507062B2 (en) 2005-05-31 2006-05-31 Container for storage and transporting of a radome

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CN101203443A (zh) 2008-06-18
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WO2006129002A1 (fr) 2006-12-07
ATE399726T1 (de) 2008-07-15
RU2415064C2 (ru) 2011-03-27
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