Patent ID: 6886790
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: B64G,F16B,F16C,F16M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A stand-off for holding a thermal protection panel on structure to be protected, wherein the stand-off comprises a first portion suitable for fixing to the structure to be protected, said first portion allowing displacements to take place in a first direction substantially parallel to the plane of the panel, and a second portion situated above said first portion and suitable for being connected to the panel, said second portion allowing displacements to take place in a second direction substantially parallel to the plane of the panel and perpendicular to said first direction, and wherein said stand-off presents stiffness in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the first and second directions, wherein the stand-off is made as a single piece in which first and second recesses are made in order to form said first and second portions respectively.