Patent ID: 9290275
Filing Date: 2016-03-22
CPC Classification: B64D

Claim Text:
1. A mounting device for mounting a piece of equipment on a structural component of an aircraft, said mounting device comprising: at least two supporting devices for fastening the equipment, wherein: the mounting device includes a catching device having a first holding device arranged on the equipment, a second holding device arranged on at least the fuselage section or at least on a first of the supporting devices, and a connecting device secured to each of the first holding device and the second holding device, the catching device is suitable for holding the equipment and forms a safety load path in case breakage occurs on the first supporting device, the connecting device is designed such that a length of a load path between the first and second holding devices is greater than a distance between the first holding device and the second holding device by a certain amount in a normal state in which the first supporting device is not broken, and the connecting device allows at least one of operational motions and vibrational motions of the equipment relative to the structural component without damping in the normal state, and the connecting device comprises at least one of: (i) a length-variable connecting part, (ii) a chain-like connecting part, (iii) a sectional flexible connecting part, (iv) a sectional band-shaped connecting part, (v) an expandable material, (vi) a lever arrangement that expands and contracts in an accordion-like fashion, (vii) a telescopic tube, and (viii) a sectional rod in which sections thereof are coupled in succession along a length thereof, wherein the first supporting device forms a mounting point for the equipment that holds the equipment in all three space coordinates, and wherein the second supporting device mounts the equipment in two space coordinates and allows one degree of freedom in one space coordinate.