Patent ID: 6502497
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: B64D,F41G,G02B

Abstract:
A suspension device for connecting an item of on-board equipment to the structure of a vehicle, particularly a rotary-wing aircraft, said suspension device comprising:(a) first and second parts shaped at least approximately in the form of plates and capable of being fixed respectively to said structure and to said item of equipment; (b) suspension means which are arranged between said first and second parts and which are capable of absorbing, on the one hand, relative linear displacements of said first and second parts along three reference axes in roll, pitch and yaw of said vehicle and, on the other hand, the relative angular excursions of said first and second parts about said three reference axes; (c) a controllable locking system capable of bringing said suspension device into one of the following two positions: a locked position in which said locking system immobilizes said first and second parts one with respect to the other in a given relative position; and an unlocked position in which said locking system releases said first and second parts to move relative to one another; and (d) control means for controlling said locking system, wherein said control means is remote from said suspension means and said controllable locking system.