Patent ID: 6193192
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: B64D,F02C,F16L,Y02T

Abstract:
A combination of an air inlet cowl (9) of a jet engine (1) of an aircraft and a connection device (22) that is airtight to pressurized hot air, for said air inlet cowl (9), said air inlet cowl (9) being equipped with means for deicing its leading edge (16) and comprising for this purpose:a hollow leading edge (16) delimiting an internal peripheral chamber (21) closed by an internal partition (20) and equipped with at least one orifice (18) placing said internal chamber (21) in communication with the outside; anda pipe (10) which has a front end (10A) and a rear end (10B), and which can be connected, at its rear end (10B) away from said leading edge (16), to a pressurized hot air circuit (14) and, at its front end (10A) toward said leading edge (16), to an injector (12) injecting said pressurized hot air into said internal chamber (21),said airtight connection device (22) being designed to connect said pipe (10) to said injector (12) and comprising:a cylindrical chamber (23) which has an open front end (23A) and an open rear end (23B), and which is secured to said injector (12) at its front end (23A); anda hollow ball (24), secured to the front end (10A) of said pipe (10) and tightly fitted into said cylindrical chamber (23) through the rear end (23B) thereof;said connection device forming a ball joint (22) allowing variations in the longitudinal and angular positions of said pipe (10) with respect to said injector (12).