Patent ID: 9199717
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B64C,F16J

Abstract:
1. A sealing assembly comprising: an elongate bellows body having a first end portion and a second end portion coupled together to form a closed ring and the ring forms a bellows, the bellows configured to attach to an airframe of an aircraft, the bellows further configured to seal off a gap in the airframe to allow pressurizing the airframe, when attached to the airframe; a first mounting member; a second mounting member; a first side portion of the bellows configured to attach via the first mounting member to the airframe; a first contoured portion of the first mounting member configured to accommodate the first side portion of the bellows; a mounting portion of the first mounting member configured to attach to the airframe; a second side portion of the bellows configured to attach via the second mounting member to the airframe; a second contoured portion of the second mounting member configured to accommodate the second side portion of the bellows; and a second mounting portion of the second mounting member configured to attach to the airframe, wherein the first contoured portion and the second contoured portion each comprise a crimped terminal portion, the crimped terminal portion crimped to curl away from the bellows when the bellows is attached to the airframe.